funks

Gloomy emotional states

Funks is the plural of funk, a state of dejection or fear: She's been in one of her funks all week.

Funk also names a genre of rhythmic, groove-based music descended from soul and R&B: Parliament and Funkadelic defined the sound of seventies funks.

The verb funks means to avoid out of fear or to lose courage: He funks every confrontation.

melancholy

blues

Mournful American music genre

gloom · malaise · low spirits · despondency · dejection · moodiness · sullenness · dumps · blahs · listlessness

music

groove

Narrow cut or routine

  • soulInnermost animating essence
  • bassDeep pitch or fish
  • rhythmPatterned stress and silence

syncopation · Funkadelic · slap bass · James Brown · Sly Stone · wah-wah · breakbeat · backbeat · disco · Motown

odors

stinks

Emits foul odor

musks · body odor · foulness · rankness · pungency · stuffiness · staleness · mustiness · fetor · miasma

cowardice

chickens out

Abandons plan from fear

backs down · shies away · cowers · dodges · shrinks · wimps out · backs out · freezes · panics · hesitates

Opposites
emotional state (depression/low mood)

funkselations

States of intense joy

highs · euphorias · exhilarations · ecstasies · joys

courage/avoidance behavior

funksconfronts

Addresses a problem directly

faces · braves · dares · tackles · stands up to

music genre energy/style

funksclassical music

Western orchestral tradition

chamber music · easy listening · smooth jazz · elevator music · muzak

Phrases
Family

funky, funk, funked, funkiness, funking

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