funny

Making you laugh or smile.

• That joke is funny.
• She told us a funny story.
• The film was funnier than I expected.

Similar words: amusing, humorous, comical

Opposites: unfunny

Common phrases: funny joke, funny story, very funny, funny person

Strange or unusual, sometimes making you feel that something is wrong.

• This milk smells funny.
• My stomach feels funny today.
• Did you hear that funny noise upstairs?

Similar words: strange, odd, peculiar

Opposites: normal

Common phrases: funny smell, feel funny, funny noise

Unexpectedly annoyed or easily offended about something.

• Don’t get funny with me.
• He is funny about lending his tools.
• She got funny when I mentioned the missing money.

How to use it: be/get funny about something (He gets funny about people using his desk.); get funny with someone (She got funny with me when I asked about the keys.)

Similar words: touchy, irritable

Common phrases: get funny, funny about something

A joke or amusing remark.

• He told a funny about his dog.
• She cracked a funny during the meeting.
• That was a funny I had heard before.

Similar words: joke, quip

Common phrases: tell a funny, crack a funny

The humour or amusing quality in something.

• Where is the funny in that story?
• She always brings the funny to these videos.
• I could not find the funny in his routine.

Similar words: humour, comedy

Common phrases: bring the funny, find the funny