The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Funky \Funk"y\ (f[u^][ng]k"[y^]), a.
   Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking;
   having great fear. [Colloq. Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Funky \Funk"y\ (f[u^][ng]k"[y^]), n.
   having an earthy, unsophisticated style or feeling; in
   (Music), earthy and seemingly unsophisticated, having
   elements of black American blues and gospel. See 2nd funk,
   n.
   [PJC]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

funky
    adj 1: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen
           smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul,
           foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly,
           stinking, ill-scented]
    2: (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues [syn:
       funky, low-down]
    3: stylish and modern in an unconventional way; "she likes funky
       clothes"; "we did it all in black and white in a very funky
       sixties style"
    4: in a state of cowardly fright

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

93 Moby Thesaurus words for "funky":
   afraid, atrabiliar, atrabilious, bad, bad-smelling, blue, chicken,
   chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, cowed, daunted, dismayed,
   fainthearted, fearful, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowsy, frowy,
   frowzy, fulsome, funking, fusty, gamy, graveolent, henhearted,
   high, ill-smelling, intimidated, lily-livered, malodorous,
   melancholic, melancholy, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed,
   mildewy, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, moldy, mousy, musty,
   nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, offensive, olid, overtimid,
   overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pensive, pigeonhearted, putrid,
   rabbity, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, reechy, reeking, reeky,
   repulsive, rotten, sissified, sissy, smellful, smelling, smelly,
   soft, stale, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, timid,
   timorous, tristful, unmanly, unmanned, vile, weak, weak-kneed,
   weakhearted, white-livered, wistful, yellow



The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

funky
 adj.

    Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It
    does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious
    non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. The more
    bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are
    easier, the funkier it is. TECO and UUCP are funky. The Intel i860's
    exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most standards acquire
    funkiness as they age. ?The new mailer is installed, but is still somewhat
    funky; if it bounces your mail for no reason, try resubmitting it.? ?This
    UART is pretty funky. The data ready line is active-high in interrupt mode
    and active-low in DMA mode.?


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

funky

   Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,
   klugey way.  It does the job and would be difficult to
   change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone.  Often
   used to describe interfaces.  The more bugs something has that
   nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the
   funkier it is.  TECO and UUCP are funky.  The Intel
   i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky.  Most
   standards acquire funkiness as they age.  "The new mailer is
   installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your
   mail for no reason, try resubmitting it."  "This UART is
   pretty funky.  The data ready line is active-high in interrupt
   mode and active-low in DMA mode."

   [Jargon File]