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
But beer includes many beer styles and many flavor profiles, covering fruity sour beers, malty stouts, funky farmhouse ales and everything in between.
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Don Tse, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The views through their windows are spectacular, but the surrounding neighborhoods are grayer and colder, filled with funky little markets and the Coruscant version of bodegas.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Known for playing with his style, not a bolo tie, a block loafer, a funky spec, or even a Nehru was a stranger to him.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 29 Apr. 2025
Losing the bone collectors wouldn’t just mean losing a single funky caterpillar, but also an entire, ancient branch of evolution.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
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Don Tse, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The views through their windows are spectacular, but the surrounding neighborhoods are grayer and colder, filled with funky little markets and the Coruscant version of bodegas.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Known for playing with his style, not a bolo tie, a block loafer, a funky spec, or even a Nehru was a stranger to him.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 29 Apr. 2025
Losing the bone collectors wouldn’t just mean losing a single funky caterpillar, but also an entire, ancient branch of evolution.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funky
Adjective
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The presentation starts with teaching the compliment sandwich technique, but quickly goes off the rails as the participants ask more bizarre questions.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Heti’s writing is witty, reflective, and just bizarre enough to capture your interest even as people mill about in your peripheral vision.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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The procedure and results are ripe for discussion, but first, some housekeeping: Who can benefit from a salmon sperm facial?—
Perrie Samotin,
Glamour,
3 May 2025
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Conditions may be ripe for greater conflict now than was seen in 2019, according to Steven Honig and Natalie Caloca, researchers at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Our strength comes from funny stories and serious ones, too.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Another fun tradition at the Tech Challenge that Brown enjoys is the way teams come up with funny names or wear elaborate costumes to the showcase.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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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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From the window of his 46th-floor downtown office, attorney Scott Sheftall noticed a strange, solitary cloud that worried him.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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Thankfully, Karr and his team knew where to look, starting with the strange way a common type of bacteria functions in fruit flies.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
9 May 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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In this instance there was a weird misunderstanding about which some of the people on the WGA Board chose to assume the worst.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 May 2025
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This time around, Natasha Lyonne's Charlie is on the run from mob boss Beatrix Hasp (a delightfully evil Rhea Perlman) — and there's no shortage of weird cases for Charlie to use her impeccable lie-detecting superpowers on.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
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Police call fake GoFundMe page 'disgusting' Concord Police Capt. Brian Goldman said police are investigating.—
Norman Miller,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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But where was the anger from Erik Spoelstra in his post-game news conference about this disgusting performance?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Funky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funky. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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