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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2
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
Fountain Square is just a mile southeast of the fieldhouse and has tons of funky cafes, bars, restaurants and shops.
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Arika Herron, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
The sketch follows the aging but still funky women who buy red glasses.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Paia is agreeably funky, yet with polish, sort of your hippie dad roughly cleaned up to go for a job interview.
—Tom Bentley, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Everything about it feels luxurious, including the wide-leg and button-down silhouette, the silky fabric, and the funky pattern.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 27 Feb. 2025
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Arika Herron, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
The sketch follows the aging but still funky women who buy red glasses.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Paia is agreeably funky, yet with polish, sort of your hippie dad roughly cleaned up to go for a job interview.
—Tom Bentley, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Everything about it feels luxurious, including the wide-leg and button-down silhouette, the silky fabric, and the funky pattern.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funky
Adjective
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The esoteric will never sit completely comfortably in the mainstream, because that’s the point of it: to be unusual, bizarre, absurd.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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So many of the characters on this show speak with such bizarre, precise dialogue that can only make sense in the Severance world.—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Red flag warnings are issued by the National Weather Service when conditions are ripe for fires.—
JIM VERTUNO,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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There is a certain anime cast to his round face and thick eyelashes, which perhaps are ripe for infantilizing caricature.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What happened was that all of this comedy spoken in Kansai-ben was understood nationwide as being funny.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Despite the presence of funny guys Jack Black, Steve Zahn, and Paul Rudd, as well as the comical videos released so far as promos for Anaconda, Black says the upcoming film does come with scares.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 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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But a blinkered narrative coupled with misty-eyed aesthetic choices yield a strange and scattershot result.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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Local Pointers for Great Salt Lake State Park The nearby historic Saltair is just a couple miles from the park (a five-minute drive) and is a strange and interesting site to check out.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Yes and no, which is a really weird thing about me.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2025
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The weirdest thing about it relative to those older pre-M2 Airs is still the display notch, a small cutout at the top of the screen that houses the camera.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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Continue reading … ‘PRO-CRIMINAL’ – Blue state sheriff unloads on 'disgusting' bill targeting the right to self-defense.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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But there isn’t the shaming and the negativity, and the disgusting opinions of people that can barely dress themselves.—
Alison Edmond,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Funky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funky. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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