funkyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈfʌŋki/, U.S.

/ˈfəŋki/

Forms: 1600s– funky, 1700s funkey, 1900s– faunkey, 1900s– fonkey, 1900s– fonky.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funk n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < funk n.² + -y suffix¹.In sense 2 apparently arising from the use of the adjective in sense 1 in ragtime songs in the early decades of the 20th cent., most famously in the lyrics of a rag often known as ‘Funky Butt’ or ‘Buddy Bolden's Blues’, which is reported to have been adopted as a signature song by African-American cornet player and bandleader Charles Joseph ‘Buddy’ Bolden (1877–1931) at his performances in New Orleans between c1900 and 1907; compare:1933 Louisiana Weekly 22 Apr. 6/2 The real words are unprintable but these will answer. Thought I heard old Bolden say Rotten gut Rotten gut! Take it away.1935 T. Rowan Black Earth xi. 94 Negroes howled and yelled and stormed in the honky-tonk while the Black Jackass Boy banged his music-box with Coon Shine, Baby, Coon; the Funky Butt Gal; Nigger-Get-Yo'-Hat-On-Straight.1938 Buddy Bolden's Blues in ‘Jelly Roll Morton’ Compl. Libr. of Congr. Recordings (2005) (CD booklet) iii. xi. 52 I thought I heard Bolden play, Dirty nasty stinkin' butt, take it away, A funky butt, stinky butt, take away. Compare later stanky adj., which shows a similar sense development.

1. Having a strong or offensive smell; esp. (a) smelling of sweat or other bodily excretions; musky, pungent, rank; (b) (of food or drink) having a rich, intense, or overripe smell (or flavour); (also) rancid, mouldy. Now chiefly U.S.In later use of sense 1(a) particularly characteristic of African-American usage.

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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > fusty or musty

fusty1398

musty1492

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a1680 Earl of Rochester Remains (1718) 20 The Scandal of her Toes, Quell'd by the Fair one's funky Hose.

1747 Maryland Gaz. 9 Dec. 1/2 Tobacco badly cured, or spoiled in the pressing, contracts a funky loathesome scent.

1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 30 A means of preventing Sweet, or Funkey Cheese.

1842 Ohio Statesman 13 Dec. They are now as empty, and smell as funky, as the old cider barrel itself.

1875 Specif. & Drawings of Patents (U.S. Patent Office) 12 Aug. 351/2 Our process will permanently restore funky and moldy leaf-tobacco.

1906 Dial. Notes 3 118 This butter's funky.

1929 T. Wolfe Look homeward, Angel iv. 41 Eugene was intrusted almost completely to a young slovenly negress. He remembered..her strong smell, black and funky.

1938 ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton Buddy Bolden Blues (transcribed from song) Dirty, nasty, stinkin' butt, take it away, Oh, Mr. Bolden play... Funky butt, stinky butt, take it away, And let Mr. Bolden play.

1962 J. Baldwin Another Country (1963) i. i. 12 They knew..why his hair was nappy, his armpits funky.

1988 T. Ellis Platitudes i. 16 Thighs that quivered with the friction of jubilant, bed-thumping, and funky-smelling lovemaking.

2016 New Yorker 18 Apr. 15/3 The..spaghetti (funky with fermented cod roe).

2. Originally U.S. slang.

a. Of music of African-American origin (esp. jazz): down-to-earth, authentic; bluesy, soulful.Now largely superseded by senses 2b and 2c.

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1935 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10 Feb. c7/8 Bessie Smith, and the unique team of Buck and Bubbles, the former to be the ‘funky’ piano player the scrip calls for.

1954 Time 8 Nov. 42 Funky, authentic, swinging.

1959 L. Lipton Holy Barbarians iii. 74 The occasion seemed to call for funky music. Usually, it was Thelonious Monk, Chico Hamilton, Miles Davis... That night it was Louis Armstrong.

1960 Melody Maker 31 Dec. Horace [Silver] recalls that the use of the word funk in the modern sense goes back to his composition ‘Opus de Funk’. ‘When you put a lot of little blues inflections in the solos, people would say you were really funky, by which they just mean bluesy, and that is how I came up with the title. So the critics started to talk about me as funky.’

1962 John o' London's 10 May 457/1 He has a strong blues feeling and he doesn't overdo the fashionable ‘funky’ business.

1970 M. S. Harper Dear John, dear Coltrane 75 Why you so funky? Cause I am Why you so black? Cause I am Why you so sweet? Cause I am.

b. In extended use: stylish or fashionable, esp. in an unconventional, alternative, or quirky way; cool, ‘hip’. Also as a more general term of approbation: excellent, great. Cf. groovy adj. 3.

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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective]

in (also into) request?1574

bonfacion1584

fashional?1607

of request1613

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in mode1664

timeish1676

of vogue1678

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mody1701

alamodic1753

much the mode1767

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go1784

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bang-up1810

tippy1810

varmint1823

up to the knocker1844

gyvera1866

OK1869

fly1879

swagger1879

doggy1885

faddy1885

fantoosh1920

voguish1927

voguey1928

à la page1930

go1937

hard1938

hip1939

down1952

swinging1958

a-go-go1960

way-in1960

yé-yé1960

trendy1962

with-it1962

go-go1963

happening1965

mod1965

funky1967

together1968

fash1977

cred1987

1967 N.Y. Times 13 May 31/5 Cooler and less ‘funky’ than the work she showed here last season.

1974 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 2 Feb. 18/3 Debbie is but one of today's teen-agers ablaze in their shiny satins and funky clothes.

1985 Washington Post 29 Mar. c2/6 I just felt that she should be a little more street and a little funkier.

1997 M. Clemente Riches of France 102 Look closely for the little roadway that leads you to this funky atelier.

2014 Cape Times (Nexis) 20 Aug. 8 Funky facts like the T. rex eating four schoolkids in a swallow with its nasty 30cm teeth, are the morsels treasured.

2015 Glamour Nov. 279 From funky little tees to one off pieces, hats,..and leather jackets.

c. Designating popular music of African-American origin characterized by a prominent, repetitive bass line and a propulsive, heavily syncopated, danceable rhythm; characteristic of or influenced by funk music (funk n.² 3b).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop

metal?1518

anthemic1890

Afro-Latin-American1900

sun-kissed1907

heavy1937

Latin American1937

Memphis1938

sun-drenched1943

indie1945

rockish1955

hardcore1957

doo-wop1958

middle of the road1959

Latin1962

straight-ahead1964

easy listening1965

Motown1965

funky1967

post-rock1967

rocky1967

rock-out1968

funkadelic1969

funked out1970

grungy1971

punk1971

grunge1972

Philly1972

dub1973

drum and bass1975

disco funky1976

punkish1976

reggaefied1976

Britpop1977

post-punk1977

anarcho-punk1979

rap1980

trash rock1980

crunchy1981

industrial1981

New Romantic1981

rockist1981

garage1982

hip-hop1982

thrashy1982

urban1982

Gothic1983

hip-hopping1983

beat-box1984

lo-fi1986

technoid1986

hip-house1987

acid house1988

new jack1988

old school1988

techno1988

baggy1990

banging1990

gangsta1990

filthy1991

handbaggy1991

nu skool1991

sampladelic1991

junglist1993

1967 J. Brown et al. (song, perf. B. Byrd et al.) (title of song) Funky soul No. 1.

1969 J. Brown (title of song) Ain't it funky now.

1976 R. Parissi Play that Funky Music (transcribed from song, perf. ‘Wild Cherry’) Play that funky music white boy.

1980 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 4 Jan. (Your Time section) 7/3 Sly's songs are more tightly focused and biting than anything he's done since ‘Fresh’. Nothing as funky as ‘Stand’ here, though.

1989 Spin Oct. 104/2 [Chaka] Khan..was brought up in the old school R&B tradition of black pop—strong, churchy vocals, deep, funky grooves.

1996 R. Vincent Funk iii. 18 Rap superstar Dr. Dre, whose funky Hip Hop beats have that old-school lively funk feel.

2009 Guardian 5 Dec. (Guide Suppl.) 26/2 DJs play hip-hop and R&B in the auditorium, with funky house and garage in room two.

3. U.S. slang. Unpleasant, objectionable; (also) suspect, questionable, strange.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

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peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > not worthy of approval

hard-favoured1595

implausible1602

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funky1946

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues i. 15 When he finally showed himself he came on like a funky rat.

1964 New Yorker 24 Oct. 86/2 They looked even funkier than I did.

1988 J. B. Carn Stressed Out 35 All I fumed about was the funky situation I let Barbara get me in.

1999 W. Long Coping with Melanoma & Other Skin Cancers ii. 15 It looks kind of funky to me, like skin cancer.

2003 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard 6 July b2/4 There's something funky about the spread of this species.

Compounds

funky-ass adj. U.S. slang (a) (derogatory) deserving of contempt; worthless, low-down; (b) lively; bold; sassy; (c) (of music) in a funk style; having a strong dance rhythm.

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1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp vii. 143 Some po stupid Nigger's funky-ass, nappy-head Southern Mammy.

1970 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Advance-Titan 8 Oct. 19/3 Joplin..was essentially..a funky-ass, stomping, high energy rock and roll singer.

1985 Southern Exposure Nos. 3–4. 94/1 I miss it. Yes. Wearing funky-ass clothes. Funky hair. Attitude. Had a damn sight more going for us then, that's for goddamn sure!

1993 B. Cross It's not about Salary 273 I'm gonna make this short, make it sweet..'cause I gotta go rhyme to that funky-ass beat.

2004 Mixmag Apr. 86/4 Funky-ass house music for funky-ass people.

2011 T. Hopkins Da' Life v. 42 I don't do lap dances for five funky-ass dollars.

funky chicken n. a dance popular in the 1970s in which participants imitate the movements of a chicken.Cf. chicken dance n..

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1969 R. Thomas (title of song) Do the funky chicken.

1973 Encore June 43/1 President Nixon can no more solve the heroin problem than Pope Paul VI can dance the Funky Chicken.

1986 Observer 26 Oct. 23/4 An hour of flashbacks (practising dancing ‘the funky chicken’..) to evoke lost youth and lost opportunities.

2002 Z. Lockhart Fifth Born 51 The adults were drunk, and they paid us to do the Funky Chicken so many times that we almost fell asleep dancing.

funky fresh adj. colloquial (originally U.S.) excellent, admirable; stylish, fashionable, or appealing; cf. fresh adj. 13.Originally with reference to hip-hop music.

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1982 D. Barksdale Rockin' It (transcribed from song, perf. ‘The Fearless Four’) Can't you hear my rhymes are funky fresh?

1984 M. Holman Breaking & N.Y. City Breakers vi. 123 They [sc. B-boys] take ordinary stuff you can buy in the store and dress it up to give it style, to show class and the ability to be funky-fresh.

1991 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 12 Mar. 5 b/5 Aggro Sport also carries..funky fresh bracelets.

1999 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 1 Oct. 17 Prince Paul made his name first with the funky-fresh 1980s rap band Stetsasonic.

2001 R. Aaron Push (2007) xxv. 238 She was, as they say, the shit, with..the funky-fresh hairdo.

2016 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 1 July 4 Listen to the funky fresh tunes from the Vegetable Plot.

Derivatives

ˈfunkily adv. in a funky style or manner (chiefly in senses 2b and 2c of the adjective).

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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adverb]

ageta1500

fashionably1629

modishly1665

tonishly1895

funkily1965

trendily1967

groovily1970

coolly1987

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [adverb]

jazzily1917

in there1944

funkily1965

1965 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 25 July (Showtime section) 13/2 Jerry [Maas] is one of those rare musicians who can play funkily and intelligently at the same time.

1970 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 23 Aug. 8/1 Getting Straight..tries so hard to be hip and Relevant [sic] that it botches up what could have been a funkily funny movie.

1976 Sounds 11 Dec. 28/6 For all its embarrassingly prosaic lyric, ‘Alaskan Pipeline’ stomps funkily along with Gladys [Knight] wailing up a storm over a chunky groove.

1991 Vanity Fair Aug. 128/1 A busty hippie in a skintight purple mini-dress, with filigreed white stockings..and funkily mismatched earrings.

1993 Kenyon Rev. 15 176 Blood-red bedclothes Funkily fragrant.

2011 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 June 9 The only cover is a funkily remade On Your Way Down.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	funky
释义	funkyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈfʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈfəŋki/ Forms: 1600s– funky, 1700s funkey, 1900s– faunkey, 1900s– fonkey, 1900s– fonky. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funk n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < funk n.² + -y suffix¹.In sense 2 apparently arising from the use of the adjective in sense 1 in ragtime songs in the early decades of the 20th cent., most famously in the lyrics of a rag often known as ‘Funky Butt’ or ‘Buddy Bolden's Blues’, which is reported to have been adopted as a signature song by African-American cornet player and bandleader Charles Joseph ‘Buddy’ Bolden (1877–1931) at his performances in New Orleans between c1900 and 1907; compare:1933 Louisiana Weekly 22 Apr. 6/2 The real words are unprintable but these will answer. Thought I heard old Bolden say Rotten gut Rotten gut! Take it away.1935 T. Rowan Black Earth xi. 94 Negroes howled and yelled and stormed in the honky-tonk while the Black Jackass Boy banged his music-box with Coon Shine, Baby, Coon; the Funky Butt Gal; Nigger-Get-Yo'-Hat-On-Straight.1938 Buddy Bolden's Blues in ‘Jelly Roll Morton’ Compl. Libr. of Congr. Recordings (2005) (CD booklet) iii. xi. 52 I thought I heard Bolden play, Dirty nasty stinkin' butt, take it away, A funky butt, stinky butt, take away. Compare later stanky adj., which shows a similar sense development. 1. Having a strong or offensive smell; esp. (a) smelling of sweat or other bodily excretions; musky, pungent, rank; (b) (of food or drink) having a rich, intense, or overripe smell (or flavour); (also) rancid, mouldy. Now chiefly U.S.In later use of sense 1(a) particularly characteristic of African-American usage. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > fusty or musty fusty1398 musty1492 foisty1519 foistied1572 fusted1598 foughty1600 frowish1608 rafty1655 funkya1680 foisted1688 foist1691 frowsty1865 a1680 Earl of Rochester Remains (1718) 20 The Scandal of her Toes, Quell'd by the Fair one's funky Hose. 1747 Maryland Gaz. 9 Dec. 1/2 Tobacco badly cured, or spoiled in the pressing, contracts a funky loathesome scent. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 30 A means of preventing Sweet, or Funkey Cheese. 1842 Ohio Statesman 13 Dec. They are now as empty, and smell as funky, as the old cider barrel itself. 1875 Specif. & Drawings of Patents (U.S. Patent Office) 12 Aug. 351/2 Our process will permanently restore funky and moldy leaf-tobacco. 1906 Dial. Notes 3 118 This butter's funky. 1929 T. Wolfe Look homeward, Angel iv. 41 Eugene was intrusted almost completely to a young slovenly negress. He remembered..her strong smell, black and funky. 1938 ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton Buddy Bolden Blues (transcribed from song) Dirty, nasty, stinkin' butt, take it away, Oh, Mr. Bolden play... Funky butt, stinky butt, take it away, And let Mr. Bolden play. 1962 J. Baldwin Another Country (1963) i. i. 12 They knew..why his hair was nappy, his armpits funky. 1988 T. Ellis Platitudes i. 16 Thighs that quivered with the friction of jubilant, bed-thumping, and funky-smelling lovemaking. 2016 New Yorker 18 Apr. 15/3 The..spaghetti (funky with fermented cod roe). 2. Originally U.S. slang. a. Of music of African-American origin (esp. jazz): down-to-earth, authentic; bluesy, soulful.Now largely superseded by senses 2b and 2c. ΚΠ 1935 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10 Feb. c7/8 Bessie Smith, and the unique team of Buck and Bubbles, the former to be the ‘funky’ piano player the scrip calls for. 1954 Time 8 Nov. 42 Funky, authentic, swinging. 1959 L. Lipton Holy Barbarians iii. 74 The occasion seemed to call for funky music. Usually, it was Thelonious Monk, Chico Hamilton, Miles Davis... That night it was Louis Armstrong. 1960 Melody Maker 31 Dec. Horace [Silver] recalls that the use of the word funk in the modern sense goes back to his composition ‘Opus de Funk’. ‘When you put a lot of little blues inflections in the solos, people would say you were really funky, by which they just mean bluesy, and that is how I came up with the title. So the critics started to talk about me as funky.’ 1962 John o' London's 10 May 457/1 He has a strong blues feeling and he doesn't overdo the fashionable ‘funky’ business. 1970 M. S. Harper Dear John, dear Coltrane 75 Why you so funky? Cause I am Why you so black? Cause I am Why you so sweet? Cause I am. b. In extended use: stylish or fashionable, esp. in an unconventional, alternative, or quirky way; cool, ‘hip’. Also as a more general term of approbation: excellent, great. Cf. groovy adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] in (also into) request?1574 bonfacion1584 fashional?1607 of request1613 fashionablea1627 à la mode1642 all the mode1651 modish1661 in mode1664 timeish1676 of vogue1678 voguea1695 mody1701 alamodic1753 much the mode1767 tonish1778 go1784 stylish1800 bang-up1810 tippy1810 varmint1823 up to the knocker1844 gyvera1866 OK1869 fly1879 swagger1879 doggy1885 faddy1885 fantoosh1920 voguish1927 voguey1928 à la page1930 go1937 hard1938 hip1939 down1952 swinging1958 a-go-go1960 way-in1960 yé-yé1960 trendy1962 with-it1962 go-go1963 happening1965 mod1965 funky1967 together1968 fash1977 cred1987 1967 N.Y. Times 13 May 31/5 Cooler and less ‘funky’ than the work she showed here last season. 1974 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 2 Feb. 18/3 Debbie is but one of today's teen-agers ablaze in their shiny satins and funky clothes. 1985 Washington Post 29 Mar. c2/6 I just felt that she should be a little more street and a little funkier. 1997 M. Clemente Riches of France 102 Look closely for the little roadway that leads you to this funky atelier. 2014 Cape Times (Nexis) 20 Aug. 8 Funky facts like the T. rex eating four schoolkids in a swallow with its nasty 30cm teeth, are the morsels treasured. 2015 Glamour Nov. 279 From funky little tees to one off pieces, hats,..and leather jackets. c. Designating popular music of African-American origin characterized by a prominent, repetitive bass line and a propulsive, heavily syncopated, danceable rhythm; characteristic of or influenced by funk music (funk n.² 3b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop metal?1518 anthemic1890 Afro-Latin-American1900 sun-kissed1907 heavy1937 Latin American1937 Memphis1938 sun-drenched1943 indie1945 rockish1955 hardcore1957 doo-wop1958 middle of the road1959 Latin1962 straight-ahead1964 easy listening1965 Motown1965 funky1967 post-rock1967 rocky1967 rock-out1968 funkadelic1969 funked out1970 grungy1971 punk1971 grunge1972 Philly1972 dub1973 drum and bass1975 disco funky1976 punkish1976 reggaefied1976 Britpop1977 post-punk1977 anarcho-punk1979 rap1980 trash rock1980 crunchy1981 industrial1981 New Romantic1981 rockist1981 garage1982 hip-hop1982 thrashy1982 urban1982 Gothic1983 hip-hopping1983 beat-box1984 lo-fi1986 technoid1986 hip-house1987 acid house1988 new jack1988 old school1988 techno1988 baggy1990 banging1990 gangsta1990 filthy1991 handbaggy1991 nu skool1991 sampladelic1991 junglist1993 1967 J. Brown et al. (song, perf. B. Byrd et al.) (title of song) Funky soul No. 1. 1969 J. Brown (title of song) Ain't it funky now. 1976 R. Parissi Play that Funky Music (transcribed from song, perf. ‘Wild Cherry’) Play that funky music white boy. 1980 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 4 Jan. (Your Time section) 7/3 Sly's songs are more tightly focused and biting than anything he's done since ‘Fresh’. Nothing as funky as ‘Stand’ here, though. 1989 Spin Oct. 104/2 [Chaka] Khan..was brought up in the old school R&B tradition of black pop—strong, churchy vocals, deep, funky grooves. 1996 R. Vincent Funk iii. 18 Rap superstar Dr. Dre, whose funky Hip Hop beats have that old-school lively funk feel. 2009 Guardian 5 Dec. (Guide Suppl.) 26/2 DJs play hip-hop and R&B in the auditorium, with funky house and garage in room two. 3. U.S. slang. Unpleasant, objectionable; (also) suspect, questionable, strange. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > not worthy of approval hard-favoured1595 implausible1602 unapprovable1647 objectionable1653 unexemplar1685 exceptionable1691 unexemplary1699 ceptionable1702 objectable1747 beastly1763 objectional1799 unqualifiable1823 funky1946 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues i. 15 When he finally showed himself he came on like a funky rat. 1964 New Yorker 24 Oct. 86/2 They looked even funkier than I did. 1988 J. B. Carn Stressed Out 35 All I fumed about was the funky situation I let Barbara get me in. 1999 W. Long Coping with Melanoma & Other Skin Cancers ii. 15 It looks kind of funky to me, like skin cancer. 2003 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard 6 July b2/4 There's something funky about the spread of this species. Compounds funky-ass adj. U.S. slang (a) (derogatory) deserving of contempt; worthless, low-down; (b) lively; bold; sassy; (c) (of music) in a funk style; having a strong dance rhythm. ΚΠ 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp vii. 143 Some po stupid Nigger's funky-ass, nappy-head Southern Mammy. 1970 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Advance-Titan 8 Oct. 19/3 Joplin..was essentially..a funky-ass, stomping, high energy rock and roll singer. 1985 Southern Exposure Nos. 3–4. 94/1 I miss it. Yes. Wearing funky-ass clothes. Funky hair. Attitude. Had a damn sight more going for us then, that's for goddamn sure! 1993 B. Cross It's not about Salary 273 I'm gonna make this short, make it sweet..'cause I gotta go rhyme to that funky-ass beat. 2004 Mixmag Apr. 86/4 Funky-ass house music for funky-ass people. 2011 T. Hopkins Da' Life v. 42 I don't do lap dances for five funky-ass dollars. funky chicken n. a dance popular in the 1970s in which participants imitate the movements of a chicken.Cf. chicken dance n.. ΚΠ 1969 R. Thomas (title of song) Do the funky chicken. 1973 Encore June 43/1 President Nixon can no more solve the heroin problem than Pope Paul VI can dance the Funky Chicken. 1986 Observer 26 Oct. 23/4 An hour of flashbacks (practising dancing ‘the funky chicken’..) to evoke lost youth and lost opportunities. 2002 Z. Lockhart Fifth Born 51 The adults were drunk, and they paid us to do the Funky Chicken so many times that we almost fell asleep dancing. funky fresh adj. colloquial (originally U.S.) excellent, admirable; stylish, fashionable, or appealing; cf. fresh adj. 13.Originally with reference to hip-hop music. ΚΠ 1982 D. Barksdale Rockin' It (transcribed from song, perf. ‘The Fearless Four’) Can't you hear my rhymes are funky fresh? 1984 M. Holman Breaking & N.Y. City Breakers vi. 123 They [sc. B-boys] take ordinary stuff you can buy in the store and dress it up to give it style, to show class and the ability to be funky-fresh. 1991 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 12 Mar. 5 b/5 Aggro Sport also carries..funky fresh bracelets. 1999 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 1 Oct. 17 Prince Paul made his name first with the funky-fresh 1980s rap band Stetsasonic. 2001 R. Aaron Push (2007) xxv. 238 She was, as they say, the shit, with..the funky-fresh hairdo. 2016 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 1 July 4 Listen to the funky fresh tunes from the Vegetable Plot. Derivatives ˈfunkily adv. in a funky style or manner (chiefly in senses 2b and 2c of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adverb] ageta1500 fashionably1629 modishly1665 tonishly1895 funkily1965 trendily1967 groovily1970 coolly1987 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [adverb] jazzily1917 in there1944 funkily1965 1965 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 25 July (Showtime section) 13/2 Jerry [Maas] is one of those rare musicians who can play funkily and intelligently at the same time. 1970 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 23 Aug. 8/1 Getting Straight..tries so hard to be hip and Relevant [sic] that it botches up what could have been a funkily funny movie. 1976 Sounds 11 Dec. 28/6 For all its embarrassingly prosaic lyric, ‘Alaskan Pipeline’ stomps funkily along with Gladys [Knight] wailing up a storm over a chunky groove. 1991 Vanity Fair Aug. 128/1 A busty hippie in a skintight purple mini-dress, with filigreed white stockings..and funkily mismatched earrings. 1993 Kenyon Rev. 15 176 Blood-red bedclothes Funkily fragrant. 2011 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 June 9 The only cover is a funkily remade On Your Way Down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). funkyadj.² Brit. /ˈfʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈfəŋki/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funk n.⁴, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < funk n.⁴ + -y suffix¹. Now rare. Frightened, nervous, timid; in a state of funk (funk n.⁴ 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] arghc885 unboldc897 bletheOE feyOE frightfula1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 ferdfula1382 palea1393 ferdya1400 ghastful1422 tremblingc1430 timorousc1450 cremeuse1477 craintive1490 cocklea1500 sheepish?1518 awfula1522 meticulousc1540 timidc1550 sheepa1556 tremebundc1560 timorsomec1600 tremulous1611 pigeon-hearteda1625 affrightful1631 formidolous1656 pavid1656 timidous1658 unsupported1694 tender-nosed1700 scary1773 pippin-hearted1809 kitten-hearted1831 funky1835 misventurous1849 milksoppish1852 tender-footed1854 fearsome1863 scare1885 milksoppy1886 milksopping1888 cotton wool1909 1835 Sunday Herald 8 Mar. 75/3 He began to be ‘funky’ as the day approached. 1845 S. Naylor Reynard 46 I do feel somewhat funky. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. xi. 194 If he didn't give up to you like a funky traveller to a highwayman. 1926 Nash's & Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 130/3 I'm a bit funky myself on these damned things [sc. funicular railways]. 1958 Arlington Daily News-Texan 8 Dec. 5/1 Answers to last week's..puzzle... 1. In a dangerous situation a companion who is funky sometimes helps you to subdue your fear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † funkyadj.³ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funk n.⁵, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < funk n.⁵ + -y suffix¹. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Prone to kicking; irritable, easily angered.Apparently only in dictionaries. ΚΠ 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Funky, given to kick, as a horse; easily enraged or put into ill-humour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.¹a1680adj.²1835adj.³1855
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