What does skunked mean?
Skunked means simple past and past participle of skunk.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of skunk.
It no longer mattered that I had been skunked in the marsh. I had prevailed on the ponds.
We found some skunked beer in the abandoned cabin, but it was not worth drinking.
A word is most hotly disputed in the middle part of this process: any use of it is likely to distract some readers. The new use seems illiterate to Group 1; the old use seems odd to Group 2. The word has become “skunked.”
Use skunked when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Skunked means simple past and past participle of skunk.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It no longer mattered that I had been skunked in the marsh. I had prevailed on the ponds.
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