amusing

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

amusing

1. Present participle of amuse.

Adjective

amusing (comparative more amusing, superlative most amusing)

1. Entertaining.
   • The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.
   • 2012 December 10, George Monbiot, “Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 24: 

     They seem amusing on the first day of Christmas, daft on the second, embarrassing on the third. By the twelfth they're in landfill. For 30 seconds of dubious entertainment, or a hedonic stimulus that lasts no longer than a nicotine hit, we commission the use of materials whose impacts will ramify for generations.

2. Funny, hilarious.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:funny
• See also Wikisaurus:witty

Antonyms

• unamusing

Derived terms

• amusingness

Translations

entertaining

• Afrikaans: genotvol (af)
• Arabic: ممتع (ar) (mumti`)
• Bulgarian: забавен (bg) (zabaven), развлекателен (bg) (razvlekatelen)
• Catalan: divertit (ca), entretingut (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有趣 (cmn) (yǒuqù), 好玩 (cmn) (hǎowán), 可笑 (cmn) (kěxiào)

• French: amusant (fr) m, amusante (fr) f, divertissant (fr) m, divertissante (fr) f
• Georgian: თავშესაქცევი (ka) (t'avšesak'c'evi) , გასართობი (ka) (gasart'obi) 

• German: amüsant (de), vergnüglich (de), lustig (de)
• Italian: divertente (it), esilarante (it), ilare (it)
• Japanese: 面白い (ja) (omoshiroi), 可笑しい (ja) (okashii)
• Portuguese: divertido (pt), entretido (pt)
• Russian: забавный (ru) (zabávnyj) , занятный (ru) (zanjátnyj) 
• Spanish: divertido (es) m, entretenido (es) m

funny

• Afrikaans: snaaks (af)
• Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen)
• French: amusant (fr) m, amusante (fr) f, drôle (fr) m and f
• Georgian: სასაცილო (ka) (sasac'ilo) 
• Irish: greannmhar (ga)

• Polish: zabawny (pl)
• Portuguese: engraçado (pt)
• Russian: забавный (ru) (zabavny) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: èibhinn (gd), àbhachdach (gd)
• Spanish: gracioso (es) m

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• Interlingua: amusante