Funny and Pitiful

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Funny adjective - Causing or intended to cause laughter.

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Pitiful is an antonym for funny.

Nearby Words: funning, funnily

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

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Funny is an antonym for pitiful in pathetic topic.

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

Indeed, it is common knowledge on the Disc that Fools simply cannot be funny ("if it was funny, a clown wouldn't be doing it"), and clowns are regarded as inherently pitiful or scary, rather than comedic.

Source: Sad Clown
Lord Hong from Interesting Times is another, though less funny and less pitiful, example.

Source: Smug Snake / Literature
Innocent Swearing: 'Cuz a ten-year-old girl calling a kidnapper a "pitiful bitch" is funny!

Source: Film / D.C. Cab

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