punkier; punkiest
: resembling punk in being soft or rotted
punkiness
noun
: resembling or typical of a punk
Examples of punky in a Sentence
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
Keeping the look punky on top and boho on the bottom, Crawford added a forest green leather jacket over her graphic tee and wore a pair of brown leather sandals.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Those punky underground influences made their way into her own music onstage, even if her approach was less snarling girl-power than buoyant girl uplift.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
In the video, Rodrigo sings about being jealous of and obsessed with her partner's ex-girlfriend, dressed in her usual punky all-black against the debutantes and pageant queens.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 22 Mar. 2024
What did matter was that the boots, punky symbols of past musical rebellions, were central to the unofficial-but-conspicuously-official uniform of Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour, which began that night.
—Callie Holtermann Molly Matalon, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Almost immediately, the video went viral, attracting fans of adult animation, Broadway musicals and ribald comedy who, based on the comments and other online reactions, were charmed by the project’s original voice and punky, carefree style.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
So the hair is a tribute to the industrial city of Manchester, and is such a wonderfully, punky contrast to Kristen Stewart's Chanel costume in black-and-white.
—Anna Bader, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2023
In it, a weird little punky girl with the power to assume any form comes to a formidable warrior (voiced by Riz Ahmed) on the verge of knighthood before being framed for killing the queen.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Adjective
The shows were quite punky, in your face, anarchic and pushed the envelope of what was acceptable.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
Keeping the look punky on top and boho on the bottom, Crawford added a forest green leather jacket over her graphic tee and wore a pair of brown leather sandals.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Those punky underground influences made their way into her own music onstage, even if her approach was less snarling girl-power than buoyant girl uplift.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
In the video, Rodrigo sings about being jealous of and obsessed with her partner's ex-girlfriend, dressed in her usual punky all-black against the debutantes and pageant queens.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 22 Mar. 2024
What did matter was that the boots, punky symbols of past musical rebellions, were central to the unofficial-but-conspicuously-official uniform of Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour, which began that night.
—Callie Holtermann Molly Matalon, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Almost immediately, the video went viral, attracting fans of adult animation, Broadway musicals and ribald comedy who, based on the comments and other online reactions, were charmed by the project’s original voice and punky, carefree style.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
So the hair is a tribute to the industrial city of Manchester, and is such a wonderfully, punky contrast to Kristen Stewart's Chanel costume in black-and-white.
—Anna Bader, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2023
In it, a weird little punky girl with the power to assume any form comes to a formidable warrior (voiced by Riz Ahmed) on the verge of knighthood before being framed for killing the queen.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
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“Punky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punky. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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