funny-looking

adjective

Having a strange or unusual appearance.

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Meanings

adjectivefunny-looking (comparative funnier-looking or more funny-looking, superlative funniest-looking or most funny-looking)

comparative funnier-looking · comparative more funny-looking · superlative funniest-looking · superlative most funny-looking

  1. derogatoryidiomaticinformalHaving a strange or unusual appearance.
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    Donaldson is not by any means one of God’s chosen entertainment-industry stars. He’s not especially handsome, and neither is he particularly funny-looking. At 6ft 5in, and with the sparse reddish beard he nowadays sports, he has the charmingly awkward aspect of a teen who has recently put on a growth spurt and hasn’t quite settled into himself.

    2025 June 3, Mark O’Connell, “‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025
  2. derogatoryidiomaticinformalHaving a comical or humorous appearance.

Origin

From funny + looking. First use appears c. 1807. See citations page.

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APA

funny-looking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funny-looking

MLA

“funny-looking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funny-looking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funny-looking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funny-looking.

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