funk

a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

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)

an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"