Amusing

Quick meaning: Amusing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of amuse.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of amuse.

More Meanings

1. Entertaining.
2. Funny, hilarious.

Example Sentences

The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.

‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’

We don’t get amusinger as we get older, we grow prosy and repeat ourselves and talk about our complaints and selfish grievances: but our old friends bear up with our dullness for old times’ sake; […]

An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.

Word Forms

• amusinger
• amusingest

Synonyms for amusing

Depending on context, synonyms include diverting, mirthful, risible, comical, humorous, funny.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include entertaining, humorous, funny, comical, humourous, mirthful.

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