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A style of music derived from 1960s soul music

An unpleasant or unhealthy smell or odor

A state of depression

A state of great fear or panic

A coward who fears or panics easily

A lack of courage

An unpleasant emotion caused by the perception of danger, pain, or harm

A period of sulking

Music genre combining elements of blues, funk, and gospel

To avoid (something), especially out of fear

To have a strong and unpleasant smell

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Noun

A style of music derived from 1960s soul music

contemporary R&B

oldschool jungle

“For those of you who want to take off, take off, but for those of you who want to dance to the funk, we're gonna stay around and keep grooving.”

Noun

An unpleasant or unhealthy smell or odor

unpleasant smell

disgusting odor

unpleasant odor

offensive smell

eau de toilette

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“I smell the funk of the fermented fish and rice, and it does not dissuade me one bit.”

Noun

A state of depression

disconsolateness

downheartedness

heavy-heartedness

dissatisfaction

demoralization^US

emotional suffering

mental suffering

heaviness of heart

demoralisation^UK

heavyheartedness

one's black dog

low-spiritedness

clinical depression

postnatal depression

endogenous depression

slough of despond

reactive depression

period of despondency

fit of depression

broken-heartedness

disillusionment

discontentedness

world-weariness

unconsolability

mental pressure

heartbrokenness

chip on your shoulder

apprehensiveness

lack of confidence

lack of enthusiasm

loss of confidence

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“Don't be in a funk about your job. Things'll get better.”

Noun

A state of great fear or panic

“I may even get better at answering mails straight away rather than letting them mount up until I drop into a blue funk about the backlog.”

Noun

A coward who fears or panics easily

big girl's blouse

chinless wonder

a bundle of nerves

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“He's squealing all right. He's a funk.”

Noun

A lack of courage

faintheartedness

faint-heartedness

chickenheartedness

pusillanimousness

ineffectiveness

apprehensiveness

chicken-heartedness

wishy-washiness

defenselessness

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Noun

An unpleasant emotion caused by the perception of danger, pain, or harm

apprehensiveness

butterflies in the stomach

fear and trembling

fight-or-flight reaction

sense of foreboding

pins and needles

screaming abdabs

mid-life crisis

screaming habdabs

nervous tension

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Noun

A period of sulking

fit of bad humour

fit of ill humour

fit of bad temper

fit of ill temper

fit of the sulks

frenzy of anger

paroxysm of anger

paroxysm of rage

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Noun

Music genre combining elements of blues, funk, and gospel

rhythm and blues

Verb

To avoid (something), especially out of fear

pussyfoot around

pay no attention to

find a way out of

find a way round

give a wide berth to

give something a miss

give the slip to

keep one's distance from

be oblivious to

turn your back on

turn a blind eye to

take no notice of

leave something undone

play truant from

pay little attention to

let something slide

be remiss about

lie down on job

give a wide berth

outmanoeuvre^UK

keep your distance

keep at arm's length

throw off the scent

break away from

find a way around

avoid like the plague

give the runaround

slip through the net of

fail to deal with

look the other way

turn a deaf ear to

slip through your fingers

find a loophole

keep out of the way of

extricate oneself from

sneak away from

answer evasively

tap dance around

escape the clutches of

lead on a merry chase

go around the barn

close your eyes to

not take into account

turn a blind eye

bury one's head in sand

slip through the net

avoid answering

be equivocal about

be evasive about

not give a straight answer to

beat around bush

beg the question

beat about the bush about

make a detour round

fail to care for

have nothing to do with

throw to the winds

be irresponsible

fail to look after

think little of

procrastinate over

fail to provide for

not trouble oneself

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“This legislative program didn't just funk the big issues, it funked the little issues as well.”

Verb

To have a strong and unpleasant smell

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