junky — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.

1970–1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed in Pleasure I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky pink charm bracelet.

2

Full of junk.

We really need to clear out the junky basement.

noun

1

Alternative spelling of junkie.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

clear

VERB + JUNKY

became

JUNKY + NOUN

basement

PREP.

out

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it rese

noun — a narcotics addict

junkie

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

1970–1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed in Pleasure I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the

Wiktionary

02

We really need to clear out the junky basement.

Wiktionary

03

Sami is a junky.

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04

Sami was a junky.

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05

I hate to break it to you but Yanni is a junky.

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06

Ziri is a junky.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, junky is marked as derogatory, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.