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fun·ny
 funny
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- pronunciation:
- fuh
ni
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
funnier, funniest |
| definition 1: |
provoking amusement or laughter.
She told us a very funny joke that had us all rolling with laughter.The movie is a comedy, and it's very funny.- antonyms:
- serious, unamusing, unfunny
- similar words:
- amusing, comical, humorous, laughable
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| definition 2: |
having the intention of amusing.
- antonyms:
- serious
- similar words:
- amusing
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| definition 3: |
curious or odd; unusual.
a funny smell in the attic- similar words:
- curious, odd, peculiar, queer, strange
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| definition 4: |
underhanded or deceitful.
funny business in the election |
| related words: |
bizarre, droll, eccentric, facetious, hilarious, incredible, queer, quizzical, witty |
adverb + (adj.)funny
absurdly,
awfully,
brilliantly,
downright,
genuinely,
hilariously,
hysterically,
incredibly,
inherently,
kind,
mildly,
outrageously,
pretty,
riotously,
terribly,
unintentionally,
uproariously,
very,
viciously,
wickedly,
wildly,
wonderfully
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(adj.)funny
+ adverb
bitingly, though
(adj.)funny
+ noun
accent,
anecdote,
bone,
cartoon,
coincidence,
comedian,
comedy,
comic,
gag,
guy,
haircut,
hat,
humor,
joke,
laugh,
monologue,
parody,
satire,
saying,
self-deprecating,
sitcom,
skit,
sounding,
stuff,
thing,
video
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The word funny
contains the following part:
-y1, -ey
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means characterized by; full of; tending to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -y1, -ey
attaches to nouns and a few verbs to form adjectives.
Example words:
bony, bouncy, chancy, chewy, crunchy, curly, dirty, dressy, fatty, flowery, foggy, funny, gooey, guilty, healthy, itchy, jumpy, kinky, lucky, messy, nosy, rainy, rickety, runny, salty, sandy, shaky, sleepy, spacy, springy, summery, sunny, wintry, wobbly, wiggly
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