Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skunky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: skunky
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mean, contemptible.

Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial

adj

Resembling a skunk; especially, having a strong or unpleasant odor or (of food, drink) taste.

Example Sentences

"Don't know when to expect reimbursements from Chloe. After all this time I consider her behavior skunky."
"Sure enough, he had the skunky odor of marijuana."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English skunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English skunky From skunk + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

skunkier (comparative) skunkiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

skunkiness

Rhymes With

monkey blue monkey snow monkey chunky junkie clunky hunky spunky punky gunky flunkey dunky

Questions

What does skunky mean?: Mean, contemptible.
Where does skunky come from?: Etymology tree English skunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English skunky From skunk + -y.

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