skunky

== English == === Etymology === From skunk + -y. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʌŋki === Adjective === skunky (comparative skunkier, superlative skunkiest) (Canada, US, colloquial) Mean, contemptible. [from 19th c.] 1944, Patricia Highsmith, Her Diaries and Notebooks, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2021, April 4: Don't know when to expect reimbursements from Chloe. After all this time I consider her behavior skunky. Resembling a skunk; especially, having a strong or unpleasant odor or (of food, drink) taste. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ====