Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with funny in American Collocation
funny
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈfʌni/
very
brilliantly
extremely
genuinely
hilariously
hysterically
incredibly
really
riotously
uproariously
very
wickedly
As a live performer he manages to be incredibly surreal and hysterically funny at the same time.
rather
pretty
quite
rather
My son thought the film was pretty funny.
not intentionally
unintentionally
The play is so melodramatic that it is unintentionally funny.
joke or story
anecdote
joke
story
A joke isn’t funny if you have to explain it.
something performed or written
book
comedy
film
movie
play
show
It’s the funniest film of the year.
part or aspect of something
bit
moment
scene
side
stuff
The movie has some very funny moments in it.
be
find someone/something
look
seem
sound
Everyone seemed to find my singing extremely funny.
It was pretty terrifying at the time, although it seems pretty funny now.
clever
entertaining
moving
poignant
sad
scary
touching
witty
Although the film ends hopefully it is for the most a funny and touching story.
feeling
look
noise
thing
way
The funny thing is that nobody said anything about what happened in the bar.