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What is the adjective for funky?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb funk which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

funky
  1. (US, slang) Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
  2. (US, slang) Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context.
  3. (slang, Britain, US) Cool; great; excellent.
  4. Having or relating to the smell of funk.
  5. (music) Relating to or reminiscent of various genres of African American music, especially funk.
  6. (Britain, slang, dated) Relating to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. groovy, rhythmic, jazzy, dance, danceable, funkadelic, syncopative, boogielicious, syncopated, hip hop, beat-heavy, smelly, stinking, foetid, fetid, malodorous, rank, reeking, noisome, foul, stinky, putrid, reeky, stenchy, musty, fusty, strong, frowsty, frowsy, frowzy, ripe, whiffy, rancid, pongy, mephitic, offensive, foul-smelling, noxious, olid, niffy, evil-smelling, nasty, miasmal, rotten, pungent, nauseating, acrid, disgusting, revolting, repulsive … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die.”
      “Just don't offer your deadbeat ex a place to crash unless you're ready for a permanent roommate with a funky stale beer scent.”
      “Her funky sense of humor, her drive, her grace, her faith in people, all combined with her raw passion, was intoxicating.”
funkadelic
  1. (music) Of, or relating to, funkadelia
  2. (music) having a funky beat
  3. Synonyms:
      4. funky, groovy, rhythmic, jazzy, dance, danceable, syncopative, boogielicious, syncopated, hip hop, beat-heavy … more
funktastic
  1. (slang) funky; cool or stylish, especially in a way that relates to funk music
funklike
  1. (music) Similar to funk music, or funky.
funksome
  1. Characterised or marked by funk (all senses)
funkified
  1. (informal) Made funky; jazzed up.
funkier
  1. comparative form of funky: more funky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, ranker, smellier, more gamy, more gamey, more malodorous, more stinking, niffier, more off, more pungent, more rancid, more spoiled, more tainted, more fetid, more miasmic, more noisome, pongier, whiffier, more putrid, more spoilt, stinkier, more reeky, stenchier, fustier, fouler, mustier, frowzier, stronger, frowsier, frowstier, riper, staler, more offensive, more foul-smelling, more noxious, more stenchful, acrider, more mephitic, more olid, rottener, more miasmal, nastier, lousier, more festy, more nauseating, viler, more pestilential, more decayed, badder, more polluted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Gaps in the music and added touches of the cowbell add a much funkier dimension to their music.”
      “The album is an extension of his 2008 work, Dukey Treats, in which he revisited some of the funkier sounds from his past.”
      “These cheeses tend to be funkier and stinkier than other types, and are often high on the lists of connoisseurs.”
funkiest
  1. superlative form of funky: most funky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grooviest, jazziest, most rhythmic, most danceable, most syncopated, smelliest, rankest, foulest, stinkiest, stenchiest, mustiest, fustiest, strongest, frowstiest, frowsiest, frowziest, ripest, most stinking, most fetid, most malodorous, most noisome, most putrid, most reeky, whiffiest, most rancid, pongiest, most mephitic, most offensive, most foul-smelling, most noxious, rottenest, most olid, niffiest, nastiest, most miasmal, most pungent, most nauseating, acridest, disgustingest, most revolting, most repulsive, stalest, vilest, most loathsome, lousiest, most sickening, most festy, most miasmic, grossest, horriblest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “By far the funkiest group of all at the march were the anti-globalization protestors and anarchists, who were accompanied by a hopping good percussion band.”
      “Some of the funkiest homes have wet rooms or showers because they can't squeeze in a bath.”
      “His book, Scotland the Best, is also the funkiest days-out guide to our country.”
funked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of funk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. evaded, dodged, avoided, ducked, got out of, gotten out of, ran away from, run away from, wriggled out of, copped out of, ducked out of, baulked at, escaped from, recoiled from, wussed out, flinched from, took fright, taken fright, turned tail, chickened out of, cut, escaped, shirked, sidestepped, bypassed, eluded, skived off, scaped, finessed, quit, declined, weaselled out of, weaseled out of, skirted round, shuffled out of, slid out of, shunned, circumvented, skived, bilked, steered clear of, gotten around, got around, eschewed, beat, skirted, shaken, shook, parried, neglected … more
funking
  1. present participle of funk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. evading, dodging, avoiding, ducking, getting out of, running away from, wriggling out of, copping out of, ducking out of, baulking at, escaping from, recoiling from, wussing out, flinching from, taking fright, turning tail, chickening out of, escaping, shirking, sidestepping, bypassing, cutting, getting around, eluding, skiving off, shaking, scaping, finessing, declining, weaseling out of, weaselling out of, skirting round, shuffling out of, sliding out of, shunning, circumventing, skiving, bilking, steering clear of, backing out of, eschewing, skirting, parrying, neglecting, reneging, quitting, tergiversating, shying from, pussyfooting around, paying no attention to … more
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