English Explanatory Dictionary

funny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Amusing; humorous; comical.
  2. Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way.
  3. Showing unexpected resentment.
  4. Homosexual: gay.
noun
  1. A joke.
  2. A comic strip.
  3. Humor in general.
adv
  1. In an unusual manner; strangely.
  2. In a manner seen as being typical of a homosexual, or indicating homosexuality.
noun
  1. A narrow, clinker-built double-ender for sculling.

Pronunciation

/ˈfʌn.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-funny.wav en-us-funny.ogg /ˈfʊn.ɪ/ /ˈfənːi/ [fɐ(n).niˑ]

Word forms

funny funnier funniest funnies

Etymology

From fun + -y.

Synonyms

amusing chucklesome comedic comic comical droll filarious frolicsome funnisome funny gut-busting hilarious howlarious humourful humorous hysterical jocular joculatory jokes jokesome joky laughable laugh-out-loud laughworthy playful priceless rib-tickling risible screaming sidesplitting sniggersome tattyfilarious thalian thigh-slapping uproarious wacky zany aberrant abnormal alien anomalous as queer as Dick's hatband bizarre booky curious deviant discrepant eerie eldritch errant exceptional extraordinary fey forby freak freakish freaky fremd heteroclite hinky

Antonyms

humorless

Related words

fun witty

Derived words

does the Pope wear a funny hat do-funny funnies funnily funniment funniness funnisome funny accounting funny animal funny as a barrel of monkeys funny as a dose of the clap funny bone funny book funny boy funny brownie funny business funny car funny current funny farm funny ha-ha funny ha ha funny in the head funny-ish funny-looking funnyman funny man funny money funny pages funny paper funny papers funny peculiar funny stuff funny that funnywoman ha-ha funny ha ha funny I'm not being funny it is not even funny it is not funny it isn't even funny it isn't funny it's not even funny it's not funny nonfunny you in the funny pages you in the funny papers semi-funny sleep funny unfunny
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