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Skunk (Noun)

Meaning 1

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'".

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Examples

  • The way he cheated on his wife and abandoned his kids makes him a complete skunk in my eyes.
  • The company's CEO was widely regarded as a skunk for his role in the factory's environmental disaster.
  • He lied under oath and ruined an innocent person's reputation, what a skunk.
  • The skunk who embezzled all that money from the charity is finally behind bars.
  • Many people consider the politician who was involved in the bribery scandal to be a skunk of the highest order.

Synonyms

  • Stinkpot
  • Puke
  • Dirty Dog
  • Crumb
  • Rat
  • Rotter
  • Stinker
  • Bum
  • Git
  • Lowlife
  • So-and-so
  • Scum Bag

Hypernyms

  • Disagreeable Person
  • Unpleasant Person

Meaning 2

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

  • Wood Pussy
  • Polecat

Hypernyms

  • Musteline
  • Mustelid

Hyponyms

  • Badger Skunk
  • Mephitis Mephitis
  • Rooter Skunk
  • Hognosed Skunk
  • Spilogale Putorius
  • Conepatus Leuconotus
  • Mephitis Macroura
  • Little Spotted Skunk

Meaning 3

Street names for marijuana.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Synonyms

  • Dope
  • Gage
  • Pot
  • Sess
  • Weed
  • Locoweed
  • Grass
  • Green Goddess
  • Sens
  • Smoke
  • Mary Jane

Hypernyms

  • Marihuana
  • Marijuana
  • Ganja
  • Cannabis

Meaning 4

A defeat in a game where one side fails to score.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Examples

  • The home team suffered a skunk, losing 10-0 to their arch-rivals in the championship game.
  • The visiting team was on the receiving end of a skunk, failing to score a single point against the undefeated champions.
  • The skunk was a crushing blow to the team's morale, as they had been riding a hot streak going into the playoffs.
  • The final score of 15-0 was a skunk, a humiliating defeat for the team that had been expected to contend for the title.
  • The team's fans were left reeling after the skunk, wondering how their team could have been so thoroughly dominated by their opponents.

Synonyms

  • Shutout

Hypernyms

  • Defeat

Related Words

  • Skunk (verb)
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