Repellent
Repellent adjective - Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
Usage example: the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
Yucky is a synonym for repellent in sick-making topic. In some cases you can use "Yucky" instead an adjective "Repellent". informal substitute
Yucky
Yucky adjective - Disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste.
Usage example: a child at that age where every unfamiliar and untried food is preemptively dismissed as “yucky”
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