Synonyms of sucking

sucking

verb

present participle of suck, informal + sometimes impolite

as in smelling

to be objectionable or unsatisfactory

it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smelling
• biting
• stinking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ruling
• rocking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sucking

Deadline has established that several top producers have declined to throw their hat into the ring, with many citing concerns about the lack of rights and the production contract sucking creative energy away from other projects. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

But these middlemen have become bipartisan punching bags, accused of sucking up profits at the expense of employers, governments, and patients. — Blake Farmer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

Both skeletons had deep rounded grooves in their teeth, apparently caused by constantly sucking on whole betel nuts. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

The power of prediction markets derives precisely from sucking our attention toward what’s speculable—incentivizing the networked crowd to separate signal from noise at scale. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Suburbs stretch their undulating freeways into the grid, sucking out nutrients (and cutting through neighborhoods). — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

The Yes campaign’s website argues CEQA contributes to the state’s cost-of-living challenges by driving up mortgage rates, rents and sucking up tax dollars. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

This pest injures the host plant by using its piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

The mare, named Valentine, had to be fitted with the mask to protect her from the blood-sucking midges (flies) that have reached plague status along the coast this season. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026