🇬🇧 Yuck meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Yuck” is an adjective you use when something is so gross, nasty, or unpleasant that it makes you wrinkle your nose and say, “Eww!” If a food smells bad, a sock is super stinky, or a bug crawls in your soup, you can call it yuck because it makes you feel disgusted.

The old pumpkin on our porch got so yuck it collapsed into a puddle of orange regret.

My baby cousin’s diaper was so yuck it should come with a warning siren.

The juice tasted yuck, like it had been filtered through old gym socks.

The wet dog smell was so yuck that the air tried to crawl away.

Some animals use yuck smells, like skunks spraying stink, to stay safe—being disgusting can actually be a superpower in nature.

Tom opened the lunchbox and found a green sandwich. "Yuck!" he cried. He touched the bread, "yuck, yuck," he said, wrinkling his nose at slime. His sister sniffed and said, "yuck!" He dropped it into the trash, washed his hands, and laughed, "yuck, never again," before choosing a fresh apple.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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