funny

fun·ny  (fn)

adj. fun·ni·er, fun·ni·est

1.

a. Causing laughter or amusement.

b. Intended or designed to amuse.

2. Strangely or suspiciously odd; curious.

3. Tricky or deceitful.

n. pl. fun·nies Informal

1. A joke; a witticism.

2. funnies

a. Comic strips.

b. The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.

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[From fun.]

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funni·ly adv.

funni·ness n.

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funny

Adjective

[-nier, -niest]

1. causing amusement or laughter; humorous

2. peculiar or odd

3. Informal faint or ill: this smell is making me feel a bit funny

4. funny business Informal suspicious or dubious behaviour

funnily adv
funniness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	funny - an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" funny remark, funny story, good story gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
Adj.	1.	funny - arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" comic, comical, risible, amusing, laughable, mirthful humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
	2.	funny - beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, curious, singular, odd strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
	3.	funny - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" suspect, suspicious, fishy, shady colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
	4.	funny - experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest" ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

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funny

adjective 1. humorous, amusing, comical, entertaining, killing (informal) rich, comic, silly, ridiculous, diverting, absurd, jolly, witty, hilarious, ludicrous, laughable, farcical, slapstick, riotous, droll, risible, facetious, jocular, side-splitting, waggish, jocose << OPPOSITE unfunny

adjective 2. comic, comical, a scream, a card (informal) a caution (informal)

adjective 3. peculiar, odd, strange, unusual, remarkable, bizarre, puzzling, curious, weird, mysterious, suspicious, dubious, queer, rum Brit. (slang) quirky, perplexing

adjective 4. (Informal) ill, poorly (informal) queasy, sick, odd, crook Austral., N.Z. (informal) ailing, queer, unhealthy, seedy (informal) unwell, out of sorts (informal) off-colour (informal) under the weather (informal)

Translations

funny [ˈfʌnɪ] adj → gracioso, divertido (= strange); curioso, raro

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funny [ˈfʌnɪ] adj → amusant(e) → drôle (= strange); curieux/euse, bizarre

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funny [ˈfʌnɪ] adj → komisch;

(strange) → seltsam, komisch

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funny [ˈfʌnɪ] adj → divertente, buffo/a (= strange); strano/a, bizzarro/a