Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

amusing

 
Dictionary: a·mus·ing   (ə-myū'zĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Entertaining or pleasing.
  2. Arousing laughter.
amusingly a·mus'ing·ly adv.
amusingness a·mus'ing·ness n.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Thesaurus: amusing
Top

adjective

  1. Providing pleasure or entertainment: diverting, entertaining. See excite/bore/interest.
  2. Arousing laughter: comic, comical, droll, funny, humorous, laughable, risible, zany. See laughter.

Antonyms: amusing
Top

adj

Definition: entertaining, funny
Antonyms: annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny


Word Tutor: amusing
Top
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Arousing or provoking laughter; Providing enjoyment.

pronunciation It's not by amusing oneself that one learns. — Anatole France

WordNet: amusing
Top
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
  Synonyms: amusive, diverting, fun

Meaning #2: arousing or provoking laughter
  Synonyms: comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible


 
 
Learn More
Sully (Quotes By)
comic, comical
droll

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Answers Corporation Antonyms. © 1999-2009 by Answers Corporation. All rights reserved.  Read more
Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved.
eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; free trial Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more