Amusing

Pronunciation

Verb

1. Present participle of amuse

Full definition of amusing

Adjective

1. Entertaining.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 5, ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
• 2012-12-10, George Monbiot, Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk, 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. The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.
3. Funny, hilarious.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• unamusing

Derived terms

• amusingness