as in stench
a strong unpleasant smell
the overpowering funk of rotten meat emanated from the garbage bin
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as in coward
a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger
he may be a strong, athletic guy, but he's a real funk when it comes to donating blood
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Recent Examples of funk
Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
Recently, the team has escaped the funk but likely not enough to alter Drury’s deadline plans.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Since as early on as his second album, the underrated 2015 collection The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, Clark has embraced everything from fuzzy rock to funk to Prince-ly psychedelia.
—Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Since Election Day, Democrats have rightly been in something of a funk.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
Recently, the team has escaped the funk but likely not enough to alter Drury’s deadline plans.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
All three are excellent musicians, but Spear is a marvel, playing with a fluid style that incorporates multiple influences, from rock to African to blues to funk to Duane Eddy twang, with an innate sense of melody that carries the entire band.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Since as early on as his second album, the underrated 2015 collection The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, Clark has embraced everything from fuzzy rock to funk to Prince-ly psychedelia.
—Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funk
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As a throng of taxis shuttled people through Mayfair ahead of the BAFTAs and London Fashion Week, another stylish and starry crowd was ducking into the Curzon cinema for Miu Miu’s 29th edition of Women’s Tales.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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The couples were spotted ducking into the small French restaurant Lilette in the city’s Uptown area, as seen in video obtained by Fox 8 New Orleans.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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In a post on X, the NYPD asked people to avoid the area as the investigation proceeded.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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While Janice avoids even visiting Eric in prison, she is torn between cleaning out his room and grappling with the role of faith and religion.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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Throughout his career, the Canadian auteur has deliberately shunned big-budget features or mainstream Hollywood to make low-budget films out of French-speaking Quebec.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Achieving that level no matter how many times you could be shunned from a Grammy or whatever the f–k could happen.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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My desire is stronger for us, even in just this country, to heal, and to talk, and to shake each other’s hands.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Fill the spray bottle with lukewarm water and shake gently.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2025
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For six years, Tomasello, a street boss with the Colombo crime family, had dodged federal agents after an infamous mob war in 1991 and 1992 that left 10 people dead.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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But the mayor repeatedly dodged questions about whether his latest effort would include a major tenet from the original draft — a ban on no-knock warrants — that was the animating force behind Young’s demands for reform.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo when an unknown vandal cut open the mesh of his enclosure.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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With Christopher Nkunku dropping deep to receive the ball, Cole Palmer, thanks to Reece James pushing into midfield, escapes the clutches of Carlos Baleba, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood — a situation that rarely came about in the 70 minutes before that — to find space.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Funk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funk. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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