[
UK
/ɐmjˈuːsɪŋ/
]
[ US /əmˈjuzɪŋ/ ]
[ US /əmˈjuzɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
a diverting story
an amusing speaker -
arousing or provoking laughter
a mirthful experience
risible courtroom antics
a comical look of surprise
it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
an amusing fellow
a comic hat
an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
a very funny writer
funny stories that made everybody laugh
How To Use amusing In A Sentence
- The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure. Times, Sunday Times
- You come over as a capable and amusing companion.
- He gives an amusing account of the vigorous campaign against his hospital closure programme. Times, Sunday Times
- The noise pollution survey revealed a rather spurring and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise.
- This amusing little bon mot v ill-timed by me as I think she had post-traumatic test disorder because she burst into tears. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
- Chiengmai; but it was curious, even amusing, to observe the serene contempt with which the "interlopers" were received by the rival incumbents of the royal gynecium, -- especially the Laotian women, who are of a finer type and much handsomer than their Siamese sisters. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
- But the water, just the snake of water, was amusing, and she flung her golosh at it to dam it up. The Longest Journey
- This one, legally named Tracy Worcester - she insists on "Tracy" unless her lunch companion finds her title amusing - is currently having such a moment. Saturday Conversation: The Marchioness of Worcester
- For example, if my washing machine oversuds and overflows, I think it's amusing; the person who has to clean the mess does not. All articles at Blogcritics
- It is amusing to note, however, that the doggie equivalent of red-eye in photos is an unsettling neon green, which my small photo-editing skills don't extend to erasing.