amusing

a·mus·ing (

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ng)

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

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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 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

1. (= funny) → gracioso, divertido
I found it amusing → me pareció gracioso or divertido
I didn't find it amusing → no le vi la gracia

2. (= entertaining) → entretenido

amusing [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] adj (= funny) [person] → amusant(e); [story, anecdote, suggestion] → drÃ´le; [incident, moment, comedy] → drÃ´le

amusing

adj

→ amüsant; how amusing → wie lustig or witzig!, das ist aber lustig or witzig!; I’ve just had an amusing thought → mir ist gerade etwas Lustiges or Amüsantes eingefallen; I don’t find that very amusing → das finde ich nicht gerade or gar nicht lustig or zum Lachen

(inf) hat, little dress etc → charmant, apart; an amusing little wine → ein nettes Weinchen (hum)

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.

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context

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.

Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

Some are never without a difference, and commonly by amusing men with a subtilty, blanch the matter; of whom A.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

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