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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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
Soy's funky flavors, like that grassy hexanal note, come from a breakdown of healthy fats inside the bean.
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Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
New York Fashion Week Spring 2026 wrapped up this week, and the designs that stole the more than 60 shows came courtesy of everyone from Michael Kors and Calvin Klein to funky designers like Off-White and Collina Strada.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
During the song's second verse, Hayley Williams of Paramore sauntered out, taking over on the vocals on the funky song.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
And at the heart of Franklin’s deceleration is Bridgewater and this funky offseason work.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
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Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
New York Fashion Week Spring 2026 wrapped up this week, and the designs that stole the more than 60 shows came courtesy of everyone from Michael Kors and Calvin Klein to funky designers like Off-White and Collina Strada.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
During the song's second verse, Hayley Williams of Paramore sauntered out, taking over on the vocals on the funky song.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
And at the heart of Franklin’s deceleration is Bridgewater and this funky offseason work.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funky
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Take the quiz here … CHAOTIC CALAMITY – Seahawks' celebration turns to disaster as bizarre fumble gives Cardinals new life.—
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FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Watch On Together, the beads and star arms painted a bizarre, layered portrait of Saturn's skies.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Spring brings ripe strawberries, while summer is filled with juicy peaches, and fall offers apples and pumpkins.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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What follows is a dramedy that is simultaneously an anthropological examination of the film industry’s denizens and a disturbing — though often very funny — look at the fragility of identity in that world.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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My idea of funny is the English say the craziest things with a straight face.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 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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The story becomes less of a character study of the strange ways in which grief manifests and more about the escalating hijinks of a lie that takes on a wild life of its own.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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The options were powerful, immortal, stranger or wanderer.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Though he was outdueled by Aaron Nola, whose bid for perfection was broken up by Christian Vázquez’s solo home run with two outs in the sixth inning, Ryan turned in one final strong start to cap the best season of his career.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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While Xaverian had one final opportunity late, the Golden Eagles stood strong defensively.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Following up, the experiment yielded a weird and unexpected result.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Escalators are so consequential to Trump, who has always had a weird aversion to plain-old steps.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Don’t notice all the ways humans are disgusting.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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But this disgusting and hateful speech is still speech and is protected by our First Amendment.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Funky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funky. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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