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Unked vs Funked - What's the difference?

unked | funked |

As an adjective unked

is (uk|dialect) odd; strange.

As a verb funked is

(funk).

unked

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) odd; strange
  • (UK, dialect) ugly
  • (UK, dialect) old
  • (UK, dialect) uncouth
  • (UK, dialect) lonely; dreary; unkard
    • Weston is sadly unked without you. — Cowper.
    (Webster 1913)

    funked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (funk)

    • funk

    English

    (wikipedia funk)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) funke, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) spark
  • (obsolete) touchwood, punk, tinder

    • Etymology 2

    1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

  • (countable) mental depression
  • (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly
  • * Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
    • [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear

    • Etymology 3

    1620, from (etyl) dialectal (Norman) funquer, . More at (l).

    Noun

  • (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odour.
  • (rft-sense) (uncountable) Music that combines traditional forms of black music (as blues, gospel, or soul) and is characterized by a strong backbeat.
    • Derived terms
    * electrofunk * funky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
  • To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
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