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How to pronounce funny in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms funny remark, funny story, good story
Type of jest, gag, jape, joke, laugh


she told a funny story.
she made a funny.
Type Words
Synonyms curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular


her speech has a funny twang.
they have some funny ideas about war.
Type Words
Synonyms fishy, shady, suspect, suspicious


up to some funny business.
Type Words
Synonyms amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible
Derivation fun, funniness


funny stories that made everybody laugh.
a very funny writer.
Type Words


told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest.

Examples of funny

funny
It is dramatic, funny, moving, educational, inspirational and exquisitely acted.
From the stltoday.com
He behaves like a funny, fallible human, and also a poetic microcosm of mankind.
From the bostonherald.com
Not since Don Rickles was in his heyday have insults been so funny and creative.
From the kentucky.com
Bryan Taylor, 36, could not shake the feeling that something funny was going on.
From the post-gazette.com
It would be funny if American Idol 2011 actually had more viewers than X Factor.
From the latimes.com
The two actors are verbally and physically fleet and funny, as well as tireless.
From the suntimes.com
Their dialogue, rural south Texas vernacular, is spare, gnarled and often funny.
From the online.wsj.com
Gracious and funny, Heigl talked about her struggle to balance work with family.
From the dispatch.com
The show was outstandingly funny with an amazing cast that worked well together.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Amusing: 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"; " ...
  • Funny story: an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
  • Curious: 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 ...
  • Fishy: 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"
  • Experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"
  • (funnies) comic strip: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
  • (funnily) queerly: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"
  • Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. ...
  • (Funnies (golf)) Funnies are terms used during a game of golf to describe various achievements, both positive and negative. They are different from traditional expressions such a birdie, eagle, etc. ...