| NOUN | state | funk, blue funk | a state of nervous depression |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | Funk, Casimir Funk | United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term 'vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967) | |
| communication | funk | an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul | |
| VERB | motion | funk, flinch, squinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | draw back, as with fear or pain |
| Sounds | fah'ngk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bunk ... trunk: 19 rhymes with ahngk... | |
| Meaning | A state of nervous depression. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he was in a funk" | |
| Synonym | blue funk | |
| Broader | depression | A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
| Spanish | acojonamiento, acojone, jindama, mieditis | |
| Meaning | United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term 'vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Casimir Funk | |
| Instance of | biochemist | someone with special training in biochemistry |
| Spanish | Casimir Funk | |
| Catalan | Casimir Funk | |
| Meaning | An earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | jazz | A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles |
| Spanish | funk | |
| Catalan | funk | |
| Adjectives | funky | (of jazz / jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues |
| Meaning | draw back, as with fear or pain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | flinch, squinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | |
| Narrower | shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | contraerse, encogerse, reaccionar, recular, retroceder | |
| Catalan | acovardir-se, contreure's, encongir-se, recular, retrocedir | |
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