Synonyms of funks

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noun

plural of funk

as in cowards

a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger

he may be a strong, athletic guy, but he's a real funk when it comes to donating blood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cowards
• chickens
• cravens
• poltroons
• sissies
• curs
• dastards
• defeatists
• snakes
• sneaks
• recreants
• cream puffs
• quitters
• pussies
• weaklings
• wimps
• milquetoasts
• caitiffs
• pushovers
• ostriches
• scaramouches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• stalwarts
• valiants
• daredevils

funks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of funk

as in ducks

Related Words

• ducks
• avoids
• shakes
• shuns
• escapes
• eschews
• eludes
• sidesteps
• evades
• dodges
• shirks

Dissimilar Words

• breasts
• faces
• fronts
• confronts
• dares
• braves
• defies
• brazens
• beards
• faces up (to)
• outfaces
• outbraves
• affronts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of funks

Noun

The Padres managed just five hits, with one bouncing off a base to plate their first run of the game and another off a pitcher’s glove cracking the door open for a hitter in the deepest of funks. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026

The flip side of all this is that Perez’s terrific career has been marked by funks and spurts … just seldom this early. — Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026

But both clubs could end those funks and in convincing fashion, since both sit perched atop their respective divisions presently. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026

Now, as the Knicks head into the final stretch of a season ownership expects to end in an NBA Finals appearance, Bridges is stuck in one of the worst extended offensive funks of his career. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026

His take on the professional star whisperer, ready to drop everything for his client in a nanosecond and able to coax him out of funks via endless distractions, is neither cloyingly affectionate nor barbed. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025

Maybe another manager could’ve done or said something to restore their confidence and shake them out of their long funks a little bit quicker. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025