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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.

amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ]
adj
mildly entertaining; pleasantly diverting; causing a smile or laugh
amusingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.amusing - providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"
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"
humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

amusing
Translations
amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] ADJ
1. (= funny) → gracioso, divertido
I found it amusingme pareció gracioso or divertido
I didn't find it amusingno le vi la gracia
2. (= entertaining) → entretenido
amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adj (= funny) [person] → amusant(e); [story, anecdote, suggestion] → drôle; [incident, moment, comedy] → drôle
amusing
adj
amüsant; how amusingwie lustig or witzig!, das ist aber lustig or witzig!; I’ve just had an amusing thoughtmir ist gerade etwas Lustiges or Amüsantes eingefallen; I don’t find that very amusingdas finde ich nicht gerade or gar nicht lustig or zum Lachen
(inf) hat, little dress etccharmant, apart; an amusing little wineein nettes Weinchen (hum)
amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adjdivertente


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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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