English

Verb

amusing

1. present participle of amuse

Adjective

amusing ‎(comparative more amusing, superlative most amusing)

1. Entertaining.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess:

     ‘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 December 21, George Monbiot, “Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk”, in 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.

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

2. Funny, hilarious.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• unamusing

Derived terms

• amusingness

Translations