Collocations for funny - adj.
1. making you laugh
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
brilliantly (esp. BrE), genuinely, hilariously, hysterically, incredibly, laugh-out-loud, outrageously, painfully (esp. BrE), riotously (esp. BrE), screamingly, side-splittingly, terribly, uproariously, wickedly, wildly, wonderfully
At last, a genuinely funny comedy show!
His performance was hilariously funny.
You should have seen it—it was terribly funny!
brilliantly (esp. BrE), genuinely, hilariously, hysterically, incredibly, laugh-out-loud, outrageously, painfully (esp. BrE), riotously (esp. BrE), screamingly, side-splittingly, terribly, uproariously, wickedly, wildly, wonderfully
At last, a genuinely funny comedy show!
His performance was hilariously funny.
You should have seen it—it was terribly funny!
surprisingly
almost
mildly
not remotely
He's not even remotely funny.
almost
mildly
not remotely
He's not even remotely funny.
unintentionally
inherently
darkly
inherently
darkly
2. strange
VERBS
be,
feel,
look,
seem,
smell,
sound,
strike sb as,
taste
Didn't it strike you as funny that Adam wasn't there?
This wine tastes funny.
Didn't it strike you as funny that Adam wasn't there?
This wine tastes funny.
find sth
Don't you find it a little funny that she never mentions her husband?
Don't you find it a little funny that she never mentions her husband?
PHRASES
funny little
He's a funny little man.
He's a funny little man.
funny old
It's a funny old world, isn't it?
It's a funny old world, isn't it?
Funny is used with these nouns:
bloke, business, coincidence, face, feeling, gag, guy, idea, impression, joke, kind, look, moment, mood, movie, noise, parody, part, remark, satire, scene, show, smell, sort, story, tale, thing, trick, voice, walk, way
bloke, business, coincidence, face, feeling, gag, guy, idea, impression, joke, kind, look, moment, mood, movie, noise, parody, part, remark, satire, scene, show, smell, sort, story, tale, thing, trick, voice, walk, way