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Meaning of skunky | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Mean, contemptible.
  2. Resembling a skunk; especially, having a strong or unpleasant odor or (of food, drink) taste.

Examples

“Don't know when to expect reimbursements from Chloe. After all this time I consider her behavior skunky.”
“Sure enough, he had the skunky odor of marijuana.”
“One American brewer with trademark clear bottles developed a modified hop extract that’s free of the vulnerable hop acid, and this prevents its beer from going skunky.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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