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| 1. | [ adjective ] arousing or provoking laughter | |
| Synonyms: | comic laughable comical mirthful risible amusing | |
| Examples: | "an amusing film" "an amusing fellow" "a comic hat" "a comical look of surprise" "funny stories that made everybody laugh" "a very funny writer" "a mirthful experience" "risible courtroom antics" |
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| Related terms: | humorous | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | |
| Synonyms: | curious queer peculiar odd singular rummy rum | |
| Examples: | "a curious hybrid accent" "her speech has a funny twang" "had an odd name" "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" "something definitely queer about this town" "what a rum fellow" "singular behavior" |
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| Related terms: | strange | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (informal) not as expected | |
| Synonyms: | suspect queer suspicious shady fishy | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism questionable | |
| 4. | [ adverb ] in a strange manner | |
| Synonyms: | strangely oddly funnily queerly | |
| Examples: | "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" "he acted kind of funny" |
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| Related terms: | strange curious curious curious curious | |
| 5. | [ adverb ] in a comical manner | |
| Synonyms: | comically | |
| Examples: | "she acted comically" |
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| Related terms: | amusing amusing | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] experiencing odd bodily sensations | |
| Examples: | "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest" |
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| Related terms: | ill | |
| Similar spelling: |
fun |
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