1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
a funky antique shop that reflects the owner's decidedly eccentric taste
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as in ripe
having an unpleasant smell
a funky pair of old socks lying on the locker room floor
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Recent Examples of funky
That's what makes this delightful discovery feel like home to all kinds of travelers—everyone here ends up at the funky heart of Vero Beach.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2025
The condo owes its colorful palette and bright furnishings to designer Carlton Varney of Dorothy Draper, who decorated the space with funky palm leaf print wall paper and a palm leaf accent chair to match.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
The resultant liquid is filled with funky botanical flavors with a hint of sweetness.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Head to the funky Fondren District for a night out at the live music venue Duling Hall, housed in a 1927 school; for a quieter evening, try the neighborhood of Belhaven Heights for a late performance at Urban Foxes coffee shop.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2025
The condo owes its colorful palette and bright furnishings to designer Carlton Varney of Dorothy Draper, who decorated the space with funky palm leaf print wall paper and a palm leaf accent chair to match.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
The resultant liquid is filled with funky botanical flavors with a hint of sweetness.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Head to the funky Fondren District for a night out at the live music venue Duling Hall, housed in a 1927 school; for a quieter evening, try the neighborhood of Belhaven Heights for a late performance at Urban Foxes coffee shop.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funky
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The bizarre clip, reportedly shot with an iPhone, featured West in a dentist’s chair asking people to go to the website.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Certainly, the eccentric characters and bizarre situations in his novels reflect a hallucinatory vision.—
Tom Vitale,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Webster at the Jan. 6 Rally Inevitably, some of the outcomes were ripe for second-guessing.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
6 Feb. 2025
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Many of these shows now are unfamiliar to younger audiences and are ripe for revival.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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And McGrath, who didn’t resort to telling jokes or making funny faces to force a smile out of Krzystof, literally took matters into her own hands.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The actor simply finds something too funny to contain him or herself.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2019
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Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2019
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The win-then-disqualification made for a strange post-race set of circumstances.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2025
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Tekashi’s camp then called the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, which dispatched Bomb Squad officers to investigate the strange parcel.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Gilda, who fell in love easily and often, and wasn’t afraid to be weird, or look ridiculous.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Back in 2019, Elon Musk was just a weird guy whose companies built rockets and EVs.—
Eric Bangeman,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
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That’s crazy to me: divine love shown to us through a disgusting and emaciated corpse hanging on a tool of execution.—
Mike Lowenberg,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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What happens when a social influencer builds her entire rep on a disgusting lie?—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Funky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funky. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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