Funky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Frightened; panicky.
  • adj. Having a moldy or musty smell: funky cheese; funky cellars.
  • adj. Having a strong, offensive, unwashed odor.
  • adj. Music Of or relating to music that has an earthy quality reminiscent of the blues.
  • adj. Music Combining elements of jazz, blues, and soul and characterized by syncopated rhythm and a heavy, repetitive bass line.
  • adj. Slang Earthy and uncomplicated; natural: "At the opposite end of Dallas's culinary spectrum is funky regional fare” ( Jacqueline Friedrich).
  • adj. Slang Characterized by originality and modishness; unconventional: "a bizarre, funky [hotel ] dressed up as a ship, with mock portholes and mirrored ceilings over the beds” ( Ann Louise Bardach).
  • adj. Slang Outlandishly vulgar or eccentric in a humorous or tongue-in-cheek manner; campy: "funky caricatures of sexpot glamour” ( Pauline Kael).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
  • adj. Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context.
  • adj. cool; great; excellent
  • adj. Having or relating to the smell of funk.
  • adj. relating to or reminiscent of various genres of African American music.
  • adj. Relating to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking; having great fear.
  • n. having an earthy, unsophisticated style or feeling
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Timid; shrinking in fear.
  • Kicking; given to kicking, as a horse.
  • Easily angered; touchy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. offensively malodorous
  • adj. in a state of cowardly fright
  • adj. (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
  • adj. stylish and modern in an unconventional way
  • Equivalent
    Variant
    funkiest    funkier   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chunky    clunky    hunky    junkie    junky    monkey    punky    spunky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spooky    danceable    trendy    crappy    classy    catchy    pricey    jazz    honky-tonk    cute