suckyadj.

/ˈsʌki/

Etymology: < suck v. + -y suffix¹.

I. Painful; sore.

1. Scottish dialect and slang (chiefly School slang). Of a blow: painful; (also) of a wound: sore. Now Obsolete or rare.Beale (1984) suggests that the sense derives from the action of sucking in one's cheeks in pain.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [adjective] > causing pain > of a blow or weapon

smarta1200

sorea1300

sucky1934

1934 B. Marshall Prayer for Living iv. 52 As Sloan had said when he came out [from being caned], Tired Tim was laying them on pretty sucky.

1935 B. Marshall Uncertain Glory i. ii. 49 ‘Does it hurt very much?’ ‘It was a bit sucky at the time.’

1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays 6 They make you take down your bags and show your marks and if they don't look sucky enough they make you bend over again.

II. That may be sucked, and related uses.

2. colloquial.

a. Of an object: that is or may be sucked, suckable; esp. of a sweet (cf. sucker n. 13).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > suckable

suckable1865

sucky1986

1986 Philadelphia Inquirer 18 Oct. c2/1 One 3-year-old became greatly upset when his mother decided the time had come to wash his ‘sucky blanket’.

1987 Times 13 Nov. 24/7 In front of him, Mrs Edwina Currie..pouted her lips while chewing on a sucky sweet.

b. figurative. Sickly sweet; sentimental; mawkish. Also: unctuous or ingratiating. Cf. to suck up 5 at suck v. Phrasal verbs 2.

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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective]

sugary1591

maudlina1631

mawkish1702

sickly1766

emetic1770

mawky1773

pamby1820

sentimental1823

saccharine1841

sticky1841

mushy1848

sentimentalizing1856

Christmas card1860

maumish1866

slobbery1875

namby-pamby1883

sloppy1883

slushy1889

sentimentalistic1904

marshmallowy1907

hearts and flowers1911

slobby1913

soppy1918

meltyc1921

lavender1928

saccharescent1930

schmaltzya1934

sloshy1933

gooey1935

icky1938

cheesy1943

drippy1952

soupy1953

squishy1953

saccharined1962

gloopy1965

yechy1969

yucky1970

sucky1971

yuck1971

schmoozy1976

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective]

fikingc1230

papelarda1500

gnathonical1540

clawing1574

pickthank1575

slavering1575

claw-back1577

courting1580

fawning1585

adulatory1587

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insinuative1592

scraping1599

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sycophantizing1640

ingratiating1642

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sycophanting1674

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sycophantica1698

pickthankly1702

assiduous1725

foot-licking1786

tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

1971 Scotsman 20 May 13/4 [Ogden Nash's] range was narrow and he was not beyond the perpetration of a good deal of sucky lyrical whimsey when the usual vitriol ran short.

1989 Maclean's 29 May 55/3 I know this sounds sucky, but you feel very proud of what's happening to the Canadian film industry when you come to an event like this.

1991 Observer 9 June 59/8 The nice people are sucky, self-made success stories who embody an improbable form of humble acquisitiveness.

III. That sucks.

3. Of a baby: given to suckling or sucking, esp. excessively. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > sucking (of child)

suckingc1000

nursing1841

sucky1977

1977 P. Leach Baby & Child ii. 50 Whether yours is a ‘sucky baby’ or not, you can be quite sure that she has been born with a set of sucking reflexes.

1988 Practical Parenting Apr. 64/2 Many infants do seem to need to suck a lot of the time..and if you're breast-feeding you may not want (or be able) to spend all day plugged in to a ‘sucky’ baby.

1991 Independent 18 June 13/4 Daniel is a very sucky baby. He wanted the breast and he always persevered.

4. Disagreeable or contemptible; obnoxious or unpleasant. Cf. suck v. 15f. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

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unnetc1330

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unagreeablec1374

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displeasantc1386

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crabbedc1400

unlovelyc1400

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mislikinga1425

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unlustya1425

fastidiousc1425

unpleasantc1430

displicable1471

unthankfulc1475

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uncouthsome1684

shocking1703

nasty1705

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indelectable1751

undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

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ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

charming1893

crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

1984 A. F. Loewenstein This Place 8 She always..showed up for her sucky state job on time.

1987 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News 14 Oct. 9 Friday's a sucky day to have Chinese school.

1991 Chicago Tribune 20 Feb. vii. 18/4 What is the poor fellow going to have left in his verbal quiver later in life when he encounters something truly ‘sucky’—such as an Internal Revenue Service audit or being drafted into the army.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	sucky
释义	suckyadj. /ˈsʌki/ Etymology: < suck v. + -y suffix¹. I. Painful; sore. 1. Scottish dialect and slang (chiefly School slang). Of a blow: painful; (also) of a wound: sore. Now Obsolete or rare.Beale (1984) suggests that the sense derives from the action of sucking in one's cheeks in pain. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [adjective] > causing pain > of a blow or weapon smarta1200 sorea1300 sucky1934 1934 B. Marshall Prayer for Living iv. 52 As Sloan had said when he came out [from being caned], Tired Tim was laying them on pretty sucky. 1935 B. Marshall Uncertain Glory i. ii. 49 ‘Does it hurt very much?’ ‘It was a bit sucky at the time.’ 1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays 6 They make you take down your bags and show your marks and if they don't look sucky enough they make you bend over again. II. That may be sucked, and related uses. 2. colloquial. a. Of an object: that is or may be sucked, suckable; esp. of a sweet (cf. sucker n. 13). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > suckable suckable1865 sucky1986 1986 Philadelphia Inquirer 18 Oct. c2/1 One 3-year-old became greatly upset when his mother decided the time had come to wash his ‘sucky blanket’. 1987 Times 13 Nov. 24/7 In front of him, Mrs Edwina Currie..pouted her lips while chewing on a sucky sweet. b. figurative. Sickly sweet; sentimental; mawkish. Also: unctuous or ingratiating. Cf. to suck up 5 at suck v. Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] sugary1591 maudlina1631 mawkish1702 sickly1766 emetic1770 mawky1773 pamby1820 sentimental1823 saccharine1841 sticky1841 mushy1848 sentimentalizing1856 Christmas card1860 maumish1866 slobbery1875 namby-pamby1883 sloppy1883 slushy1889 sentimentalistic1904 marshmallowy1907 hearts and flowers1911 slobby1913 soppy1918 meltyc1921 lavender1928 saccharescent1930 schmaltzya1934 sloshy1933 gooey1935 icky1938 cheesy1943 drippy1952 soupy1953 squishy1953 saccharined1962 gloopy1965 yechy1969 yucky1970 sucky1971 yuck1971 schmoozy1976 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1971 Scotsman 20 May 13/4 [Ogden Nash's] range was narrow and he was not beyond the perpetration of a good deal of sucky lyrical whimsey when the usual vitriol ran short. 1989 Maclean's 29 May 55/3 I know this sounds sucky, but you feel very proud of what's happening to the Canadian film industry when you come to an event like this. 1991 Observer 9 June 59/8 The nice people are sucky, self-made success stories who embody an improbable form of humble acquisitiveness. III. That sucks. 3. Of a baby: given to suckling or sucking, esp. excessively. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > sucking (of child) suckingc1000 nursing1841 sucky1977 1977 P. Leach Baby & Child ii. 50 Whether yours is a ‘sucky baby’ or not, you can be quite sure that she has been born with a set of sucking reflexes. 1988 Practical Parenting Apr. 64/2 Many infants do seem to need to suck a lot of the time..and if you're breast-feeding you may not want (or be able) to spend all day plugged in to a ‘sucky’ baby. 1991 Independent 18 June 13/4 Daniel is a very sucky baby. He wanted the breast and he always persevered. 4. Disagreeable or contemptible; obnoxious or unpleasant. Cf. suck v. 15f. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 1984 A. F. Loewenstein This Place 8 She always..showed up for her sucky state job on time. 1987 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News 14 Oct. 9 Friday's a sucky day to have Chinese school. 1991 Chicago Tribune 20 Feb. vii. 18/4 What is the poor fellow going to have left in his verbal quiver later in life when he encounters something truly ‘sucky’—such as an Internal Revenue Service audit or being drafted into the army. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1934
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