an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
<noun.communication>

funk

a state of nervous depression
<noun.state>

blue funk

funk

sample sentences

"he was in a funk"

draw back, as with fear or pain
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cringe

flinch

funk

quail

recoil

shrink

squinch

wince

sample sentences

"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
<noun.artifact>

funk hole

in a state of cowardly fright
<adj.all>

funky

stylish and modern in an unconventional way
<adj.all>

funky

sample sentences

"she likes funky clothes"
"we did it all in black and white in a very funky sixties style"

(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
<adj.all>

funky

low-down

offensively malodorous
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fetid

foetid

foul

foul-smelling

funky

ill-scented

noisome

smelly

stinking

sample sentences

"a foul odor"
"the kitchen smelled really funky"

a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
<noun.shape>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

funnel

funnel shape

(nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
<noun.artifact>

funnel

a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth
<noun.artifact>

funnel

move or pour through a funnel
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

funnel

sample sentences

"funnel the liquid into the small bottle"

a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
<noun.shape>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

funnel

funnel shape

a funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web
<noun.artifact>

funnel web

orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
<noun.plant>

Cleistes divaricata

Pogonia divaricata

funnel-crest rosebud orchid

spreading pogonia

shaped in the form of a funnel
<adj.all>

funnel-shaped

a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

cartoon strip

comic strip

funnies

strip

in a strange manner
<adv.all>

funnily

oddly

queerly

strangely

sample sentences

"a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"

a comic incident or series of incidents
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

clowning

comedy

drollery

funniness

arousing or provoking laughter
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 3

amusing

comic

comical

funny

laughable

mirthful

risible

sample sentences

"an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"
"an amusing fellow"
"a comic hat"
"a comical look of surprise"
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"
"a very funny writer"
"it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"
"a mirthful experience"
"risible courtroom antics"

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

curious

funny

odd

peculiar

queer

rum

rummy

singular

sample sentences

"a curious hybrid accent"
"her speech has a funny twang"
"they have some funny ideas about war"
"had an odd name"
"the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
"something definitely queer about this town"
"what a rum fellow"
"singular behavior"

not as expected
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

fishy

funny

shady

suspect

suspicious

sample sentences

"there was something fishy about the accident"
"up to some funny business"
"some definitely queer goings-on"
"a shady deal"
"her motives were suspect"
"suspicious behavior"

experiencing odd bodily sensations
<adj.all>

funny

sample sentences

"told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"

an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
<noun.communication>

funny

funny remark

funny story

good story

sample sentences

"she told a funny story"
"she made a funny"

a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
<noun.body>

crazy bone

funny bone

sample sentences

"the funny bone is not humerus"

pejorative terms for an insane asylum
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

Bedlam

booby hatch

crazy house

cuckoo's nest

funny farm

funny house

loony bin

madhouse

nut house

nuthouse

sanatorium

snake pit

pejorative terms for an insane asylum
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

Bedlam

booby hatch

crazy house

cuckoo's nest

funny farm

funny house

loony bin

madhouse

nut house

nuthouse

sanatorium

snake pit

an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
<noun.communication>

funny

funny remark

funny story

good story

sample sentences

"she told a funny story"
"she made a funny"

an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
<noun.communication>

funny

funny remark

funny story

good story

sample sentences

"she told a funny story"
"she made a funny"

an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

funny wagon

a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity)
<noun.event>

fun run

funrun

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

fur

pelt

dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
<noun.animal>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fur

a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur
<noun.artifact>

fur

a coat made of fur
<noun.artifact>

fur coat

a hat made of fur
<noun.artifact>

fur hat

eared seal of the southern hemisphere; the thick soft underfur is the source of sealskin
<noun.animal>

fur seal

sample sentences

"the male fur seal is much larger than the female"

an eared seal of the northern Pacific
<noun.animal>

fur seal

of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality)
<adj.all>

fur-bearing

a neckpiece made of fur
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fur-piece

a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon
<noun.substance>

furan

furane

furfuran

a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon
<noun.substance>

furan

furane

furfuran