funny

[ fuhn-ee ]

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adjective,fun·ni·er, fun·ni·est.

providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark;a funny person.
attempting to amuse; facetious: Did you really mean that or were you just being funny?

warranting suspicion; deceitful; underhanded: We thought there was something funny about those extra charges.
Informal. insolent; impertinent: Don't get funny with me, young man!
curious; strange; peculiar; odd: Her speech has a funny twang.

noun,plural fun·nies.

Informal. a funny remark or story; a joke: to make a funny.
funnies,
- comic strips.
- Also called funny paper . the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.

Origin of funny

First recorded in 1730–40; fun + -y¹

synonym study For funny

1. Funny, laughable, ludicrous refer to that which excites laughter. Funny and laughable are both applied to that which provokes laughter or deserves to be laughed at; funny is a colloquial term loosely applied and in popular use is commonly interchangeable with the other terms: a funny story, scene, joke; a laughable incident, mistake. That which is ludicrous excites laughter by its incongruity and foolish absurdity: The monkey's attempts to imitate the woman were ludicrous.

Other words for funny

1	diverting, comic, farcical, ridiculous, droll, witty, facetious, humorous

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Other words from funny

fun·ni·ly, adverb
fun·ni·ness, noun
un·fun·ni·ly, adverb
un·fun·ni·ness, noun

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Other definitions for funny (2 of 2)

funny²

[ fuhn-ee ]

noun,plural fun·nies.

a shell or light skiff rowed by one person with sculls.

Origin of funny

First recorded in 1780–90; perhaps jocular use of funny¹

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How to use funny in a sentence

The hashtag itself also has to be memorable, funny or otherwise worth sharing.
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Maybe there are a few poems or funny stories written by the contributors.
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Given how ubiquitous Uber and other ride-sharing services have become, it’s funny to think they weren’t even around ten years ago.
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In quarantine, though, his show has become something to see most nights, even when it’s not particularly funny.
One Good Thing: Stephen Colbert is looser, funnier, and angrier in quarantine | Emily VanDerWerff | September 4, 2020 | Vox
As you might expect, the Sense also comes equipped with an ECG sensor that can help monitor your heart rhythm if you feel like something funny is going on.
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Not only had the iconic comedian sexually assaulted many, many women, Maher argued, “I never thought he was funny.”
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The taste of metal cutlery after years of plastic can also taste funny.
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But as is her way, Kaling defended why the episode was not only funny, but necessary.
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He was funny and self-effacing, though prone to fits of anger.
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Pryor was famous for being funny, even as his life was far from funny.
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May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
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We were speaking of the faculty of mimicry, and he told me such a funny little anecdote about Chopin.
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He looked up, half shutting his one funny eye, and cocking one ear up, and letting the other droop down.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
I am an easiful old pagan, and I am not angry with you at all—you funny, little champion of the Most High.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
He walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.
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British Dictionary definitions for funny

funny

/ (ˈfʌnɪ) /

adjective-nier or -niest

causing amusement or laughter; humorous; comical
peculiar; odd

suspicious or dubious (esp in the phrase funny business)
informal faint or ill: to feel funny

nounplural -nies

informal a joke or witticism

Derived forms of funny

funnily, adverb
funniness, noun

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