amusing
Collocations
5(adj.)
VERBS
be, sound | find sth
ADV
extremely, highly, most, really, very | mildly, quite, rather, vaguely
not remotely
The comedian's jokes were not remotely amusing to the serious audience members.
Definitions
adj
Entertaining.
The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.
We don’t get amusinger as we get older, we grow prosy and repeat ourselves and talk about our complaints and selfish grievances: but our old friends bear up with our dullness for old times’ sake; […]
Funny, hilarious.
An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.
[T]hey’d had to call it something – i.e. something that differentiated this occasion from others where they might just go for a pint or a curry. So beer & sausages had somehow happily invented itself, […] The best thing, of course, the amusingest thing, was that no one ever brought beer and Jas had only actually done sausages once.
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6The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.
WiktionaryWe don’t get amusinger as we get older, we grow prosy and repeat ourselves and talk about our complaints and selfish grievances: but our old friends bear up with our dullness for old times’ sake; […]
WiktionaryNever borrow money for my amusements. Now paying Mrs. McCrowder just at this present period would be an amusement. In fact when we consider the quality of the article she gives, I think that paying he
WiktionaryThe story was amusing.
Tatoeba · #43269In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
Tatoeba · #56054This book is not less amusing than that one.
Tatoeba · #56856