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[ adjective ] providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
Examples "an amusing speaker" "a diverting story" "a fun thing to do" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Instead - and not just to prove my objectivity - I hasten to report that it 's a highly amusing film which probably does a fairly accurate job of reporting on the Easter vacation shenanigans of collegians down in Fort_Lauderdale , and that it seems to come_to_grips quite honestly with the moral problem that most commonly vexes youngsters in this age_group - that_is_to_say , sex . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)Duclos understood what was bothering Rousseau : that the writer of the Prosopopoeia_of_Fabricius should now become known as the writer of an amusing little operetta . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)This creates an amusing effect because its position in a sentence seems to make it apply to the wrong word . Since brevity is the soul of ambiguity as_well as wit , newspaper headlines continually provide us with amusing samples . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)Moreland fixed us each another drink , and said , `` For God 's sake , tell me something truly amusing '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] arousing or provoking laughter
Examples "an amusing film" "an amusing fellow" "a comic hat" "a comical look of surprise" "funny stories that made everybody laugh" "a very funny writer" "a mirthful experience" "risible courtroom antics" Related terms |
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