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a funny story
a hilarious story
an amusing story
a comedic story
an entertaining story
a laughable story
a funny girl
a comical girl
a witty girl
a humorous girl
a quirky girl
a smiley girl
funny feeling
strange feeling
unusual feeling
odd feeling
peculiar feeling
weird feeling
funny business
crazy business
silly business
goofy business
weird business
wacky business
a funny thing
an interesting thing
a curious thing
an ironic thing
an amazing thing
a laughable thing

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Recent Examples of funny
Adjective
But while the Internet is torn over whether Carpenter’s submissive position on the Man’s Best Friend cover is funny or degrading, Whoopi Goldberg was more concerned with something else. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 June 2025 That's a typical Jewish-American experience in my generation and a few other generations for minority people that are funny. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
Speaking of funnies, stop publishing ones that aren’t funny! Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024 More nervously unsettling than laugh-out-loud funny, Iannucci’s style works well for his incredible cast, including Steve Buscemi, Paddy Considine, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Friend, Michael Palin, and Andrea Riseborough. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for funny
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funny
Adjective
  • Earlier this week, on Monday, June 9, Matthew posted about their 13th wedding anniversary in an equally humorous way.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 13 June 2025
  • And fans of the franchise will get a kick out of the humorous, quirky dynamic between the entire group of younger Vikings in training.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • While most players at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship are battling the Texas heat, slow play, and a demanding Fields Ranch East layout, Leona Maguire is dealing with something far more bizarre—tick bites!
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • And frankly that bizarre idea makes the PEN Charter incoherent too.
    Kamila Shamsie June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Is there a relationship between writing and fiction and unusual height?
    Jane Smiley June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • An unusual addition to a historic cityscape courtesy of artist Jason Jones.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Laugh Lines: Test your knowledge of classic New Yorker cartoons.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
  • Yes, visual-effects technology is up to the task of re-creating a cartoon on a larger scale and dotted with real actors, and yes, these redos tend to turn a profit for their makers.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Sports officials have been the target of jokes and ire from fans for as long as sports have existed.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • And like a sick joke from south of the border, the Avs would go on to win three titles.
    David Close, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • The narrative twist: the story is driven not by the characters themselves but by eight distinct emotions in their minds — comedic, romantic, bizarre, and rational.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2025
  • Kroll says one of the most important things was to make sure that every story was handled in a mindful and earnest way, while still approaching the situation in a comedic sense.
    Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Dominican Republic had a moment of its own to celebrate in the 51st minute, though its first-ever Gold Cup goal came in strange circumstances.
    Jon Arnold, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • That made eating food feel physically overwhelming, which has been one of the stranger parts of his experience.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Every great American story is sentimental in the same way: instincts born out of struggle, the triumph of the schoolyard over the classroom, uncommon creativity driven by necessity.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • That’s not an uncommon sight for K-pop superstars, as their massive followings understand how the charts work and focus their energy on pushing a title as high as possible in its first frame.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025

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“Funny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funny. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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