ENGLISH: funny - CREOLE: komik



Overview of noun funny



The noun funny has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. funny story, good story, funny remark, funny -- (an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny")



Overview of adj funny



The adj funny has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (14) amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible -- (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")

2. (9) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (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")

3. (4) fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious -- (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")

4. funny -- (experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest")

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