funning 1 of 3

as in joking
marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing after he confided to his friends that he had a crush on his science lab partner, they made funning comments about the "chemistry" between the two sweethearts

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funning

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noun

funning

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verb

present participle of fun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funning
Verb
  • For myself and many of my classmates, the four-story Forever 21 in Times Square was the most exciting part of our senior-class trip to New York City—not joking!
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • And, everyone was joking about it behind his back.
    Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Just ask anyone who's watched an AI confidently spit out nonsense—or worse.
    Bob Ras, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Emmy-nominated for the role the first time out, Ramsey is genius in it, the perfect amounts of precocious, sarcastic, and wide-eyedly vulnerable.
    Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
  • What about someone who posts a meme that is satirical or a comment that is meant to be sarcastic?
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Funning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funning. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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