Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Highly unpleasant or disagreeable.
  • adjective Of poor or inferior quality.
  • adjective Inept or incompetent.

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  • adjective slang Of or pertaining to something which sucks, which is unpleasant or lacks value.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[suck + –y.]

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  • sucky the condition of suck

    December 30, 2007

  • "Suck - Strong liquor of any sort. Sucky: drunk."

    - Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.

    September 11, 2008