sucks

verb

present tense third-person singular of suck, informal + sometimes impolite
as in smells
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular

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Recent Examples of sucks The system sucks up nearly 100% of cancer-causing diesel particulates and 95% of nitrogen oxide. — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Warmer air wants to hold more water, so the air sucks moisture from vegetation. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Those outside the stack struggle to attract investment and credit as the overwhelming focus on AI sucks money away from their industries. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 But that doesn’t erase the fact that Gromit breaking kayfabe for his memoir sucks. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Aaliyah Puglia was the first person voted out of Survivor 51, which, frankly, sucks for her. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026 Each review sucks rhythm and emotion out of an intensely rhythmic and emotional sport. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Baby sucks the teether while the cyclops gets stabbed in the eye. — Zachary Pincus-Roth, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Our latest reminder of just how much everything sucks right now comes from BMW (by way of @metav3rse on Instagram). — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucks
smells
Verb
  • On the upside, my compost bin now smells like pumpkin spice rot.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But what if sunlight, instead of making the problem worse, could do the opposite and help get rid of those smells?
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of smells

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