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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
Stop in Portland for some funky shopping or head toward the coast to sample cheese and small-town charm in Tillamook, Oregon.
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Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
Collected together on the vessel are a hilarious group of funky underwater friends led by the titular Jim, a naive young dolphin voiced by American star Lucas Grabeel.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
But in the past few years, his shop Freak House, located near Downtown Dadeland in Kendall, became the go-to spot for fashion-forward goths looking for platform boots, silver chains, dragon figurines and an array of funky fashion.
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Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Kecskés recommends working the color into your wardrobe with expressive touches like fringe, funky sandals, and beaded detailing.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
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Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
Collected together on the vessel are a hilarious group of funky underwater friends led by the titular Jim, a naive young dolphin voiced by American star Lucas Grabeel.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
But in the past few years, his shop Freak House, located near Downtown Dadeland in Kendall, became the go-to spot for fashion-forward goths looking for platform boots, silver chains, dragon figurines and an array of funky fashion.
—
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Kecskés recommends working the color into your wardrobe with expressive touches like fringe, funky sandals, and beaded detailing.
—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funky
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When Aaron Paul’s Jeff attempts to make a suspicious deposit, the bank teller (a game Nina Dobrev) demands to be in on the deal, in the sort of neo-noir twist that could suggest a rich film world populated with bizarre freaks of all stripes.
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In the canon of DC Comics, Comet is truly a bizarre character.
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Not only is Earth's closest celestial neighbor a pristine time capsule ripe for study – preserved almost unaltered throughout the course of billions of years – but the moon is viewed as a stepping stone for human exploration deeper into the cosmos.
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Alongside ripe avocados, fresh tomatoes, and spices, this dip is topped with queso blanco and pomegranate seeds.
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Watching improv is reliably funny because performers work without a script.
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But figuring out how to do all that while being funny at the same time?
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America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess.
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America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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Projections varied in the weeks leading up to the draft with no real consensus among draft analysts, but in the last 24 hours there were strong indications the Clippers would choose Wagler and the Nets would take Brown.
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Your desire for solitude and introspection is strong during today’s Scorpio moon.
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So, that was kind of quite weird.
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
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French broadcaster French Pierron was under fire for calling childbirth 'a disgusting moment.
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How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
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“Funky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funky. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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