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to defunkify

to defunkify

9.9
To remove bad smells from carpets, clothes, or rooms
  • verb
  • /dɪˈfʌŋkɪfaɪ/
  • Informal
translation icon : desodorizar
  • After the party, we had to defunkify the entire living room carpet.

Examples

  • She called a cleaning company to defunkify the basement before her guests arrived.

  • This spray is designed to defunkify your gym bag after heavy use.

  • I need to defunkify my living room.

  • She defunkifies the carpets regularly.

  • After the party, we had to defunkify the entire living room carpet.

  • She called a cleaning company to defunkify the basement before her guests arrived.

  • This spray is designed to defunkify your gym bag after heavy use.

Synonyms

to deodorize
vsto defunkify
2 4.4

To remove bad smells from things

focuses on treating fabrics and rooms rather than any object generally

Antonyms

to pollute
109 3.4

To make water, air or land dirty by adding harmful waste

How Fresh

to defunkify
  • Informal
9.9
to deodorize
2 4.4
to freshen
70 2.7
to clean
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

defunkify infinitive
defunkified past
defunkified past participle
defunkifying present participle
defunkifies third person singular

Morphology

defunkify = defunk (transparent) = de + funk + ify

This playful suffixation from 'defunk' preserves the same basic meaning of removing bad smell.

Etymology

The word defunkify breaks into de- 'remove', funk 'bad smell', and -ify 'make', so it literally means to 'remove the funk'. So to defunkify a room, carpet, or bag is to get rid of unpleasant odors and make it smell fresh.