skeeved out

Feeling intensely repulsed

Skeeved out means feeling disgust or revulsion, typically from something perceived as gross, creepy, or unsanitary.

The reaction is visceral rather than intellectual—you're skeeved out by a dirty bathroom, a slimy texture, or someone's unsettling behavior: The way he kept staring at her skeeved me out.

From Italian American slang.

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grime · sliminess · nausea · gut reaction · shuddering · recoiling · contamination · filth · unease · squicked · stench · heebie-jeebies · grotesqueness · distancing · turned off · hard pass · flinching · grimacing

Opposites
disgust/revulsion

skeeved outattracted

Pulled by appeal

drawn to · enticed · turned on · charmed · delighted

comfort/ease

skeeved outat ease

Relaxed, not tense

comfortable · relaxed · unfazed · unbothered · chill

Family

skeeved, skeeve, skeevy, skeeviness, out

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