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funk

(f/@//N/k )

a state of nervous depression(noun.state)

Example:
He was in a funk.

Synonym:
blue funk

source: wordnet30
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)(noun.person)

Synonym:
casimir funk

source: wordnet30
an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
An offensive smell; a stench.(noun)

source: webster1913
A shrinking back through fear.(noun)

source: webster1913
One who funks; a shirk; a coward.(noun)

source: webster1913

draw back, as with fear or pain(verb.motion)

Synonym:
cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

source: wordnet30
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.(verb)

source: webster1913
To emit an offensive smell; to stink.(verb)

source: webster1913
To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task.(verb)

source: webster1913

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