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as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
a very funny movie that had audiences rolling in the aisles
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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
that's funny, for I could have sworn I put my keys right here yesterday
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
that's a funny-looking dog—what kind is it?
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as in cartoon
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
reading the Sunday funnies is part of my weekend ritual
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as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
let's can the funnies—we've got serious work to do here
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Recent Examples of funny
Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Dold capitalizes on these qualities with his funny and moving performance.
—Mary Damiano, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Sheridan clearly seems to find all this funny more than anything.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Two projectors projecting onto this wall are going to make the wall appear bent in a certain way, like a funny illusion.
—Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Dold capitalizes on these qualities with his funny and moving performance.
—Mary Damiano, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
Noun
No mention of whether those shows will be any different than the others or if the khaki-pants-wearing data analyst was simply making a funny.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Sheridan clearly seems to find all this funny more than anything.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funny
Adjective
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As Fey said in an interview pegged to season one, the truth is humorous.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Within more humorous approaches like Ikezoe’s lies a powerful if subtle proposition.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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That’s just a really bizarre back and forth to exist in.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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As the story builds toward a violent showdown between the mourners and the town, the reader will be entranced by its surreal language and bizarre logic.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper says spikes in bacteria levels after storms are common, but experts say the duration of the current contamination event is unusual.—
Monique John,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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But a true cure is elusive because hepatitis B has an unusual ability to hide in the body, ready to rebound if therapy stops.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Noun
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As Marvel moved into the world of media through cartoons and live action shows, his voice, likeness and persona became the glue that held Marvel’s story universes together and papered over shortcomings in early, cheap productions with wry humor.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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One day, the boy placed a sticker of a cartoon capybara wearing a prosthetic leg onto her own prosthetic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Deborah and Ava have never been closer — and that’s when the jokes start flying.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
29 May 2026
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And because Bargatze is usually the butt of his own jokes, his mix of aw-shucks relatability and self-deprecation goes down nice and easy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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The comedic actors’ thread is just one of several Chiefs threads Riggle is on.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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But besides the physical parameters, Peter Claffey and Dexter Ansell were able to capture the irreverent, comedic tone of showrunner Ira Parker’s scripts.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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The author could herself be considered predatorial, having written her own children in as the books’ protagonists, saddling them with a strange kind of fame.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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This strange occurrence echoes what happened at the top of the dot-com bubble 26 years ago.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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California’s way of determining which two candidates move from a primary to a general election — the result of Proposition 14 in 2010 — is uncommon.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Officials said cases over the last seven months have been concentrated in Northern California and the Central Coast, including counties where these mushrooms have historically been uncommon.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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“Funny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funny. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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