funkiest
funkiest is the superlative form of funky.
Meaning of funky
Adjective
funky (comparative funkier or more funky, superlative funkiest or most funky)
- Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
- Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context.
- By the tone of her voice I could tell she had a funky attitude, but I kept my head under the covers and didn't say shit.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 143
- Cool; great; excellent.
- Eight-bit Arkanoid is a funky game — not as sexy as its 16-bit sister, but fun to spend time with. I'm hooked.1989, inCider magazine (volume 7)
- Having a foul or unpleasant smell.
- They could scarcely bear their knowledge, nor could they have borne the sight of Rufus, but they knew why he was in the streets tonight, why he rode subways all night long, why his stomach growled, why his hair was nappy, his armpits funky, his pants and shoes too thin, and why he did not dare to...1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 4
- Relating to or reminiscent of various genres of African American music, especially funk.
- Relating to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.
Questions about funkiest
- What is funkiest the superlative form of?
- Funkiest is the superlative form of funky.
Words near funkiest in the dictionary
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