What is the opposite of funny in one word

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. funny

   Odd is unmated, as an odd shoe, and so uneven, as an odd number. Singular is alone of its kind; as, the singular number. What is singular is odd, but what is odd may not be singular; as, a drawerful of odd gloves. A strange thing is something hitherto unknown in fact or in cause. A singular coincidence is one the happening of which is unusual; a strange coincidence is one the cause of which is hard to explain. That which is peculiar belongs especially to a person as his own; as, Israel was called Jehovah’s «peculiar people,» i. e., especially chosen and cherished by him; in its ordinary use there is the implication that the thing peculiar to one is not common to the majority nor quite approved by them, though it may be shared by many; as, the Shakers are peculiar. Eccentric is off or aside from the center, and so off or aside from the ordinary and what is considered the normal course; as, genius is commonly eccentric. Eccentric is a higher and more respectful word than odd or queer. Erratic signifies wandering, a stronger and more censorious term than eccentric. Queer is transverse or oblique, aside from the common in a way that is comical or perhaps slightly ridiculous. Quaint denotes that which is pleasingly odd and fanciful, often with something of the antique; as, the quaint architecture of medieval towns. That which is funny is calculated to provoke laughter; that which is droll is more quietly amusing. That which is grotesque in the material sense is irregular or misshapen in form or outline or ill-proportioned so as to be somewhat ridiculous; the French bizarre is practically equivalent to grotesque.

   Antonyms:
   common, customary, familiar, natural, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

   Synonyms:
   anomalous, bizarre, comical, crotchety, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, extraordinary, fantastic, grotesque, laughable, ludicrous, odd, peculiar, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, singular, strange, uncommon, unique, unmatched, unusual, whimsical

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1. funny

   Antonyms:
   dull, tedious, mournful, lugubrious, dismal, grave, serious, sad, lamentable

   Synonyms:
   sportive, droll, comical, laughable, humorous, jocose, ridiculous, ludicrous, diverting

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1. funny story, good story, funny remark, funnyadjective

   an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)

   «she told a funny story»; «she made a funny»

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable, well, familiar, humourless, humorless, unhumorous

   Synonyms:
   funny remark, good story, funny story

2. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective

   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»; «a mirthful experience»; «risible courtroom antics»

   Antonyms:
   well, humorless, unhumorous, humourless, familiar, unquestionable

   Synonyms:
   shady, comic, ridiculous, laughable, peculiar, jovial, rum, nonsensical, amusive, odd, cockeyed, diverting, amusing, jolly, singular, suspicious, ludicrous, jocund, preposterous, merry, mirthful, risible, fishy, gay, derisory, absurd, comical, suspect, rummy, idiotic, curious

3. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singularadjective

   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 behavior»

   Antonyms:
   familiar, humorless, well, humourless, unquestionable, unhumorous

   Synonyms:
   unmatched, remarkable, left(p), unpaired, suspect, risible, rum, peculiar, amusing, odd, mirthful, unique, rummy, laughable, comic, uneven, curious, unexpended, peculiar(a), homophile(a), leftover, gay, remaining, fishy, particular(a), unmated, left over(p), singular, suspicious, special(a), shady, comical

4. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective

   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»

   Antonyms:
   humourless, unhumorous, well, familiar, unquestionable, humorless

   Synonyms:
   fly-by-night, shady, louche, comic, laughable, rum, shadowed, untrusting, umbrageous, singular, odd, wary, amusing, comical, suspicious, leery, mirthful, risible, fishy, peculiar, shadowy, mistrustful, suspect, rummy, curious

5. funnyadjective

   experiencing odd bodily sensations

   «told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest»

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable, well, humourless, familiar, humorless, unhumorous

   Synonyms:
   shady, comic, laughable, peculiar, rum, odd, amusing, singular, suspicious, mirthful, risible, fishy, comical, suspect, rummy, curious

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1. funnyadjective

   Synonyms:
   comic, comical, amusing, droll, laughable, farcical, witty, jocular, jocose, ludicrous, burlesque, facetious, risible, absurd, waggish, humorous, jesting

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1. non-funny

   non funny means it’s not funny and funny means that it can bring joy to you or brings tear of how funny it is it can bring your heart hope your family laughter it can even bring a droopy non-happy mood into a good mood

   the dog was very funny the halloween show was non-funny

   Submitted by 326157 on October 19, 2020  

How to use funny in a sentence?

1. Van Veldhuizen:

   You don’t know what the next step brings, all of a sudden you step a little funny on a pebble or you step into a pothole and now you’ve got a twisted ankle.

2. Danica Patrick:

   We were here to be funny and enough people didn’t think we were funny, i still feel like they got their bang for their buck.

3. Laurie Mattaliano:

   It’s pop culture to them – not politics, they were not making a political statement. They just wanted to dance with a funny head.

4. Gary Gulman:

   It’s still autobiographical, but it’s more about my childhood, of being on free lunch and food stamps and welfare and just, I guess stories in a funny way about how we’ve treated poor kids in America, and also some stories of income inequality in my observation and financial insecurity in America and how it relates to my life.

5. Whoopi Goldberg:

   So I find it very funny that Boris Johnson’s now very like gung ho and we do n’t have to do it anymore and it’s all good.

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