skunk
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8.1
- noun
- /skʌŋk/
- Offensive
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canalla
- Your dishonest behavior makes you a total skunk in everyone's eyes.
- call someone a skunk
- a low-down skunk
- a lying skunk
Other people call them entrepreneurs, but I prefer to call people disrupting inside companies skunks.
- Other people call them entrepreneurs, but I prefer to call people disrupting inside companies skunks.
- We're going to do Peter Abelard, who you might know in terms of a great love story where he's actually kind of a skunk, Abelard and Eloise.
- Prayers have to be walked, not just talked, Regina Lopez, white skunk, said, Who is Navajo.
Examples
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JB Johnson is a no good smiling skunk and you can't rely on him.
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Can you imagine that dirty skunk firing just because I was an hour late.
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So he was a "skunk" to begin with.
Blog text (25) -
What I come back to tell you was, you're a skunk.
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Big Jim looked deep into the eyes of Black Larson and saw there the soul of a skunk.
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Angus taught me a lot, but he's a skunk all right.
Fiction book (1994) -
Everyone treats him like a skunk after he betrayed his friends.
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Being a skunk at work won't win you any allies among your colleagues.
Synonyms
293
9.9
A very rude and insulting word for a person you strongly dislike
182
8.1
A person who is seen as evil or dishonest
169
9.9
A person or thing that is very bad and has no value used to insult someone
168
9.5
A person who treats other people very badly and unfairly
142
7.2
A lazy person who others dislike for not working
71
7.7
A person who is dishonest or breaks the law
71
9.9
A rude, foolish person who behaves badly
58
9.9
A rude person who treats others badly
40
8.2
An unpleasant person who lies or treats others badly
20
9.9
A person you strongly dislike and think is bad
20
9.2
A person who is mean and cannot be trusted
13
9.9
A rude word for a person who is cruel or dishonest
10
7.2
A person who is mean or dishonest
9
8.7
A cruel, dishonest person that many people hate
9
8.9
A person who treats others very badly
9
8.2
A person who is dishonest and treats others badly
9
8.4
A person who is annoying or rude
8
9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
6
9.9
An insulting slang word for a person who lives on the street and seems bad or dishonest
6
9.9
A rude word for a person who is cowardly or mean
4
9.9
A person who behaves foolishly and cannot be trusted
3
9.9
A person who seems untrustworthy and suspicious
3
9.9
A small mean person that others dislike
2
8.0
A person who behaves badly or cheats others
1
8.9
A very bad person who treats other people cruelly
1
9.9
A rude, selfish person who does not help others
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
1
9.9
A person who is very unpleasant and treats others badly
1
9.9
A rude word for a person people strongly dislike
1
9.9
A rude word for a person who acts very foolishly
1
9.9
A rude online name for a person people dislike
1
9.9
A person who lies or cheats and treats others badly
1
8.4
An unpleasant person who annoys others
1
9.0
An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
1
9.9
An insulting name for someone considered very ugly
1
5.6
A person who other people do not respect because they behave badly
An insulting word for a person who cheats or lies
A person who betrays others and cannot be trusted
A dishonest person who cheats or lies to others
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
An insulting name for a cruel or troublesome person
A foolish or silly person said as an insult
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
4
8.9
Too much alcohol makes a person very unsteady and unable to think clearly
Compounds
- US
A large skunk with a bare nose and white back and tail found in southwestern North America and Mexico
- Specialized
A small skunk with black and white fur in a marbled pattern from the United States and Mexico
- Specialized
A large skunk with a bare, pig-like snout and a white back and tail from southwestern North America
A large skunk with a bare pig-like nose and a white back and tail from southwestern North America
- US
A skunk with a white band of fur around its neck that lives in Mexico and southern Arizona
- US
A stocky wild animal from North America with thick fur that eats meat, like a wolverine
A small animal from the United States and Mexico with black and white spotted fur
A small black animal with white stripes that sprays a strong bad smell when scared
How Despicable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calling someone a skunk borrows the animal's bad reputation, so a 'skunk' is a person people see as nasty or untrustworthy.