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Another word for funk

funk* Synonyms

funk*

n.

Fear
fright, alarm, panic; see fear 1.
Depression
gloom, despondency, dejection, blue funk*; see depression 2.

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Another word for funk

noun

Ignoble lack of courage:
chickenheartedness, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faint-heartedness, pusillanimity, unmanliness. (Slang) gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See fear
Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger:
affright, alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, horror, panic, terror, trepidation. (Slang) cold feet. Idiom: fear and trembling. See fear
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits:
blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness. See feelings, happy
An ignoble, uncourageous person:
coward, craven, dastard, poltroon. (Slang) chicken, yellow-belly. See fear

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The next morning—Sunday—Cynthia's mood climbed to somewhere between a blue funk and resigned neutrality.
Among the most characteristic of these are the old residence of the counts of Nassau, and the houses of the Tucher, Funk and Peller families.
Funk, Die apostolischen Konstitutionen (Rottenb., 1891); A.
He's great fun company and he pulled me out of my funk when I was down in the pits.
The bonus of his day helping her out of her funk turned out to be an unexpected surprise.

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