Antonyms for funniest


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fuhn-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌn i


Definition of funniest

Origin :
  • "humorous," 1756, from fun + -y (2). Meaning "strange, odd" is 1806, said to be originally U.S. Southern. The two senses of the word led to the retort question "funny ha-ha or funny peculiar," which is attested from 1916. Related: Funnier; funniest. Funny farm "mental hospital" is slang from 1962. Funny bone "elbow end of the humerus" is 1826; funnies "newspaper comic strips" is from 1852.
  • adj comical, humorous
  • adj odd, peculiar
Example sentences :
  • Humans are funniest when they weep and tremble before, like you say, 'the facts in the case.'
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I have found out all about this affair, and it's one of the funniest things I ever heard of.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • He laughed, of course, but not as if 'twas the funniest thing he ever heard.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But the funniest thing about him is the way he reminds me of somebody else.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Thus the Comic Latin Grammar is lepidissimus, funniest, or most funny.
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • It was certainly the funniest, the best joke that had ever come their way.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • But the audience, or rather the orchestra was the funniest part of all.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • Dampskiff, he said, was the funniest name for steamboat that he ever heard.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott
  • But the funniest thing of all is this—he took that pail with him!
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Buster Bear » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • Why, of course it would be one of the funniest, merriest affairs in the world—of course it would.
  • Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai

Synonyms for funniest

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