skunky
skunky adjective: mean, contemptible.
Adjective
skunky (comparative skunkier, superlative skunkiest)
- 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
- 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
- One American brewer with trademark clear bottles developed a modified hop extract that’s free of the vulnerable hop acid, and this prevents its beer from going skunky.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 13, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
skunky meaning in Bengali
skunky in Bengali
- নীচ, ঘৃণ্য, স্কানকের মতো
Forms of skunky
| comparative | skunkier |
|---|---|
| superlative | skunkiest |
Origin of skunky
From skunk + -y.
Words formed from skunky
Words that rhyme with skunky
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Questions about skunky
- What does skunky mean?
- Skunky means mean, contemptible.
- What is skunky in Bengali?
- Skunky in Bengali is নীচ, ঘৃণ্য, স্কানকের মতো. See Skunky meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is skunky?
- Skunky is an adjective.
Words near skunky in the dictionary
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