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Funky

adjective

Offensively malodorous. Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking. "The kitchen smelled really funky"

(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues. Synonym: low-down.

Stylish and modern in an unconventional way. "We did it all in black and white in a very funky sixties style"

In a state of cowardly fright.

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"Funky" Quotes from Famous Books

... that the worst kind of cowardice is to love life too much. That's the kind of coward I am. I love living. I used to cry when I was a kid at the thought that I might die and not be able to run about and look at things that I liked! And that makes you funky. You're afraid to take risks, for fear you should lose your life and have to give up the pleasure of living. I suppose that's what the Bible means when it says that 'whosoever shall lose his life, shall ...

— Changing Winds - A Novel • St. John G. Ervine

... and on—I don't know how far we went. But the farther we went the more silent we became. Each knew the other knew that he was getting more and more uneasy at every step. Each knew the other wasn't going to be the first to admit that he was funky. ...

— Fifty-Two Stories For Girls • Various

... with troubled affection at the kitchen window. Day I caught her in the street pinching her cheeks to make them red. Anemic a little. Was given milk too long. On the ERIN'S KING that day round the Kish. Damned old tub pitching about. Not a bit funky. Her pale blue scarf loose in the wind with her hair. All dimpled cheeks and curls, Your ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... taken on the Philistines for the destruction of the snow man. Every one felt the importance of a counter-attack, for unless something of the kind were attempted, as Acton remarked in his opening speech, "they'll think we're funky of them, and they'll simply come down here as often as they like, ...

— The Triple Alliance • Harold Avery

... he dug up. He says you will not be a full blown soldier for a year. He had a cousin who was a sergeant in India—and had his brains burst out in battle. When do you begin to fight? Tell us if you feel funky, and what the enemy looks like, and who they are. We think you ought to write us a much jollier letter. Roy's leg is first-rate, and he is up on the garden wall now like a cat. We sit there to do our evening prep: for old Selby. Good-bye. We're on the lookout for your ...

— His Big Opportunity • Amy Le Feuvre