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skunky

skunky

7.4
Having black and white stripes like a skunk
  • adjective
  • /ˈskʌŋki/
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  • Skunky, skunky, skunky.

Examples

  • She painted her room with skunky stripes of black and white to mimic a modern design.

  • Skunky, skunky, skunky.

    The Wild Robot (2024)

  • The cat wore a costume with skunky patterns for Halloween, making it look adorable.

  • The artist's new mural features bright colors with skunky designs inspired by nature.

Antonyms

colorful
  • US
110 2.1

Full of interesting stories and lively events

plain
50 2.5

Not attractive to look at

Compounds

skunky cheese
7.7

A cheese with a very strong, unpleasant smell like a skunk

How Striped

skunky
7.4
streaked
2.7
plain
50 2.5

Surface Forms

skunky positive

Morphology

skunky = skunk (transparent) = skunk + y

The adjective 'skunky' is transparently derived from 'skunk' with the suffix '-y' indicating similarity or characteristic.

Etymology

The word skunky comes from the animal skunk, a name taken from a Native American word for the animal. The ending -y means 'having' or 'like', so skunky describes something 'with black-and-white stripes like a skunk'.