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skunkier

skunkier is the comparative form of skunky.

Meaning of skunky

Adjective

skunky (comparative skunkier, superlative skunkiest)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial) Mean, contemptible.
    • Don't know when to expect reimbursements from Chloe. After all this time I consider her behavior skunky.1944, Patricia Highsmith, Her Diaries and Notebooks, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2021, April 4
  2. Resembling a skunk; especially, having a strong or unpleasant odor or (of food, drink) taste.
    • Sure enough, he had the skunky odor of marijuana.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 116

Questions about skunkier

What is skunkier the comparative form of?
Skunkier is the comparative form of skunky.

Words near skunkier in the dictionary

  1. skunkers
  2. skunkery
  3. skunkhead
  4. skunkheads
  5. skunkie
  6. skunkier
  7. skunkies
  8. skunkiest
  9. skunkiness
  10. skunking
  11. skunking up

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