SKUNKED Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

skunked

verb

past tense of skunk

as in bombed

to defeat by a large margin we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal

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Relevance

as in defeated

to achieve a victory over our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving

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as in stung

to rob by the use of trickery or threats unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it

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Recent Examples of skunked That means two out of three Minnesota turkey hunters are going skunked this spring. —

Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026

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Verb

Firms like Brookfield, GIP, BlackRock, and Stonepeak own networks of pipelines, terminals, tankers, and more — including many in the Middle East that are now under threat of being either bombed, or at least suspended from service.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Right now, a synagogue in Iran has been destroyed; the Church of the Nativity has been bombed, along with many ancient sites across Lebanon.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 7 May 2026