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amusing

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a·mus·ing  (-myzng)
adj.
1. Entertaining or pleasing.
2. Arousing laughter.
a·musing·ly adv.
a·musing·ness n.
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Adj.1.amusing - providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"
amusive, diverting
interesting - arousing or holding the attention
2.amusing - arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
comic, comical, funny, risible, laughable, mirthful
humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
amusing
adjective funny, humorous, gratifying, laughable, farcical, comical, droll, interesting, pleasing, charming, cheering, entertaining, comic, pleasant, lively, diverting, delightful, enjoyable, cheerful, witty, merry, gladdening, facetious, jocular, rib-tickling, waggish << OPPOSITE boring
Translations
Spanish amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adj → divertido
French amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adj → amusant(e) → divertissant(e)
German amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] amuse adj → amüsant, unterhaltsam
Italian amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adj → divertente
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The latter are abundantly amusing, and, in view of the wonderful "travellers' tales" with which we have been entertained by African explorers, they can scarcely be considered extravagant; while the ingenuity and invention of the author will be sure to excite the surprise and the admiration of the reader, who will find M.
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Why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it.
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Some are never without a difference, and commonly by amusing men with a subtilty, blanch the matter; of whom A.
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