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amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adj
mildly entertaining; pleasantly diverting; causing a smile or laugh amusingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 He had a great sense of humour and could be very amusing. dead, flat, boring, dull, tedious, stale, tiresome, monotonous, humdrum, uninteresting, unfunny, unexciting, wearisome, unamusing Translations amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adj (= funny) [person] → amusant(e); [story, anecdote, suggestion] → drôle; [incident, moment, comedy] → drôle How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. Some are never without a difference, and commonly by amusing men with a subtilty, blanch the matter; of whom A. |
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