Funk

[n] United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
[n] a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"
[v] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

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Synonyms

blue funk, Casimir Funk, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

Related Terms

abject fear, affright, alarm, awe, baby, back out, big baby, blench, blink, blue funk, boggle, change color, chicken, chicken liver, chicken out, consternation, coward, cowardice, craven, cringe, curdle the blood, dastard, desert under fire, dismay, disqu