funny

fun|ny [ `fʌni ] adjective ***

1. ) someone or something that is funny makes you laugh:

a funny story/joke

one of America's funniest comedians

I don't think that's at all funny.

Wouldn't it be funny if we played a trick on him?

a ) it's/that's/this is not funny SPOKEN used for telling someone you are annoyed by something they are doing

b ) very funny SPOKEN used for telling someone you do not believe what they have said:

I think I've lost your car keys! Very funny, now hand them over.

c ) what's so funny? SPOKEN used for telling someone you do not understand why they are laughing, and that you are slightly annoyed by it:

What's so funny about my hair?

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2. ) strange or unusual:

This milk tastes funny.

The drugs did funny things to her head.

You're in a funny mood today.

There's something funny going on.

If you love her, you've got a funny way of showing it.

a ) it's/that's funny SPOKEN used for saying that a situation seems strange:

It's funny but I feel like I've met you before.

That's funny, she was here a minute ago.

funny how: It's funny how she never seems to do any work.

b ) the funny thing is SPOKEN used for saying you think something is strange:

The funny thing is, they stole my CDs but didn't take my stereo.

c ) funny little SPOKEN strange and small:

He's got a funny little car, hasn't he?

3. ) dishonest or illegal:

Do you think there's something funny about their business proposal?

feel funny INFORMAL

to feel slightly sick:

I've been feeling funny all day.

funny strange/weird or funny ha-ha SPOKEN

used for saying or asking whether the word funny is being used to mean strange or AMUSING

see the funny side of something

to realize that something bad that happens can also be funny:

Fortunately, Sharon saw the funny side of my mistake.

╾ fun|ni|ness noun uncount