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FUNKY
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Irregular inflected forms: funkier , funkiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a state of cowardly fright
Classified under:
Similar:
cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stylish and modern in an unconventional way
Example:
we did it all in black and white in a very funky sixties style
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Similar:
unconventional (not conventional or conformist)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
Synonyms:
funky; low-down
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Adjectives
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
Domain category:
jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)
Derivation:
funk (an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Offensively malodorous
Example:
the kitchen smelled really funky
Synonyms:
fetid; foetid; foul; foul-smelling; funky; ill-scented; noisome; smelly; stinking
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Adjectives
Similar:
ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling (having an unpleasant smell)
