FUNKED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

funked

verb

past tense of funk

as in shunned

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SpaceX shunned the conventional boxy satellite designs pretty much everyone else has used for more than a half-century.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Befitting his scholarly bent, Bouaddi shunned a lot of the distractions that attracted the attention of his contemporaries.

— Tom Williams, New York Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of shunned

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Collin Morikawa birdied 18 to catch Scheffler and ducked into the clubhouse at 20 under as the rains descended upon the TPC River Highlands.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
Soon enough, patrons figured out there was a movie star in their midst and began clamoring to meet him, so Damon ducked behind the bar to hide.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

Definition of ducked

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Indeed, the folks in Akron, Amherst and Monroe, among other locales, have long awaited the winds of change, which have avoided blowing out the stale air caused by chronic losing.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo avoided a suspension for the start of this year’s tournament after a foul during a World Cup qualifier match.

— Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of avoided

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Congress has long dodged any Social Security reforms that would cut benefits, hike taxes, or do both.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 June 2026
Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.

— Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 26 June 2026

Definition of dodged

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When asked who the better striker is, Kane — who won the World Cup Golden Boot in 2018 — diplomatically sidestepped the question.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
Ocasio-Cortez notably sidestepped Platner’s candidacy in Maine even as other progressives defended him from the controversy surrounding his infidelity and old social media posts.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026

Definition of sidestepped

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Each blast was louder than the one before, and the walls of the house shook violently.

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Last October, a roaring blast and fire at Chevron’s El Segundo plant stayed within the refinery footprint but the noise shook the neighborhood and turned the sky sunset-orange, then smoky.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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