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funny-looking en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (derogatory, idiomatic, informal) Having a strange or unusual appearance.
   • 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. (derogatory, idiomatic, informal) Having a comical or humorous appearance.

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