squick

skwɪk

Definition

Definition of squick - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

emotion or cause

Rare

Slang

feeling of disgust or the thing that causes it

Rare

Slang

That scene was a real squick for me.

distaste

ick factor

revulsion

Verb

feel disgust

intr.

Rare

Slang

feel disgusted or uncomfortable

intr.

Rare

Slang

I squick at the sight of blood.

repulse

revolt

emotion

tr.

Rare

Slang

cause someone to feel disgust or discomfort

tr.

Rare

Slang

The horror movie squicked me out.

repulse

revolt

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Origin of squick

Slang, squick (disgust)

Examples of squick in a sentence

Seeing the infestation was an immediate squick for him.
The thought of eating insects makes me squick.
He started to squick when he saw the rotten food.
The graphic scene in the film squicked the audience.
Certain foods squick me out if I think about them too much.

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French:dégoût, écœurer, ...
German:Ekel, sich ekeln, ...
Italian:repulsione, mi fa schifo, ...
Spanish:asco, me da asco, ...
Portuguese:repulsa, sentir nojo, ...
Chinese:令人反感的事, 感到恶心, ...
Japanese:嫌悪感, ゾッとする, ...
Arabic:اشمئزاز, اشمأز, ...
Hebrew:סְקוּוִיק, לְהִתְחַלְחֵל, ...
Russian:отвращение, испытывать отвращение, ...
Ukrainian:відраза, відчувати огиду, ...
Hindi:घिन, घिन आना, ...
Bengali:বিরক্তি, অসন্তোষ বোধ করা, ...
Catalan:fàstic, sentir desgrat, ...
Czech:znechucení, hnusit se, ...
Danish:afsky, føle afsky, ...
Dutch:walging, walgen, ...
Greek:αηδία, αηδιάζω, ...
Hungarian:undor, undorodni, ...
Khmer:អារម្មណ៍ខ្ពើមរអើម, ខ្ពើមរអើម, ...
Korean:혐오감, 역겨움을 느끼다, ...
Persian:چندش, احساس انزجار کردن, ...
Polish:odraza, czuć obrzydzenie, ...
Portuguese (BR):nojo, sentir nojo, ...
Romanian:grețoasă, a simți dezgust, ...
Swedish:avsmak, känna avsky, ...
Thai:ความรู้สึกขยะแขยง, รู้สึกขยะแขยง, ...
Turkish:iğrenme, iğrenmek, ...
Vietnamese:cảm giác ghê tởm, cảm thấy ghê tởm, ...

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