Definitions for amusing
əˈmyu zɪŋamus·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. amusing, amusive, divertingadjective

   providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

   "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"

2. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective

   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"

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1. amusingadjective

   entertaining

   The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.

2. amusingadjective

   funny, hilarious

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Amusing

   of Amuse

2. Amusingadjective

   giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amusing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amusing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of amusing in a Sentence

1. Stephen Miller:

   Like many things CNN says, this story has the most important virtue of all CNN stories, of being not true, it’s an amusing story, but not a true one.

2. Anne Frank:

   I have often been downcast, but never in despair I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.

3. Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death":

   I cannot forgive my friends for dying; I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

4. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

5. Mark Ronson:

   If I'd known all the stuff that was going on, I don't know if I would have thought it was so amusing, but she said it in such a light way.

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