1. Stylish and modern in an unconventional way
   "she likes funky clothes"; "we did it all in black and white in a very funky sixties style"
    
2. (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
   "The band played a funky rendition of the classic tune";
   - low-down
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] Having an offensive or unpleasant smell
   "the kitchen smelled really funky";
   - fetid, foetid [Brit], foul, foul-smelling, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented, olid [literary]
    
4. In a state of cowardly fright
   "He got funky when he heard strange noises in the dark"

Derived forms: funkier, funkiest

See also: cowardly, emotional, fearful, ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], niffy [Brit, informal], pongy [Brit, informal], stinky [informal], unconventional, unpleasant-smelling, whiffy [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Funky, Funky Xmas