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wonky
won·ky W0206600 (wŏng′kē)adj. won·ki·er, won·ki·est Chiefly British 1. Shaky or unsteady: a wonky table.2. Out of alignment; crooked: "The door itself looked wonky somehow, not quite square with the building" (Steve Augarde).3. Not functioning properly or normally: wonky digestion; a wonky phone connection.4. Mentally unbalanced; crazy. [Probably alteration of dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, unsteady.]wonky (ˈwɒŋkɪ) adj, -kier or -kiest1. shaky or unsteady2. not in correct alignment; askew3. liable to break down or develop a fault[C20: variant of dialect wanky, from Old English wancol]won•ky (ˈwɒŋ ki) adj. -ki•er, -ki•est. Brit. Informal. a. shaky; unsteady. b. unreliable. [1920–25; perhaps variant of dial. wanky=wank(le) (Middle English wankel, Old English wancol] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | wonky - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, lopsidedcrooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" | | 2. | wonky - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"rickety, shaky, wobblyunstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" |
wonkyadjective1. askew, squint (informal), awry, out of alignment, skewwhiff (Brit. informal) The wheels of the trolley kept going wonky.2. shaky, weak, wobbly, unsteady, infirm He's got a wonky knee. shakyTranslationswonky
wonky (ˈwɔŋki) mod. studious. (Collegiate.) You ought to get a little wonky yourself. wonky
Synonyms for wonkyadj askewSynonyms- askew
- squint
- awry
- out of alignment
- skewwhiff
adj shakySynonyms- shaky
- weak
- wobbly
- unsteady
- infirm
- shaky
Synonyms for wonkyadj turned or twisted toward one sideSynonyms- askew
- awry
- cockeyed
- skew-whiff
- lopsided
Related Wordsadj inclined to shake as from weakness or defectSynonymsRelated Words |