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be a ball

ADJECTIVE

entertaining

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorbing affecting captivating charming compelling delightful diverting engaging engrossing enjoyable enticing exciting fascinating fun funny humorous impressive inspiring interesting lively moving pleasant poignant provocative stimulating thrilling

STRONG

cheering enchanting enthralling entrancing gas relaxing riot rousing scream stirring striking

WEAK

cheerful clever droll gay piquant pleasurable priceless recreative restorative side-splitting witty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad boring depressing disagreeable dramatic dull repellent repulsive sad serious tragic unaffecting unamusing unenjoyable unexciting unfunny unhappy uninteresting unpleasant unstimulating

WEAK

laborious tiring

Example Sentences

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These were the first pitches of at-bats, where sportsbooks offered action on whether it would be a ball or strike.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025

While Norton never got to be a ball boy on Centre, he did get on Court One - and possibly even better, he played on it.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

“We strengthen existing evidence for the existence of the innermost inner core, which should be a ball the size of about half of the inner core.”

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2023

Penalties for violations will be a ball called against a pitcher and a strike called against a batter.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

In her hands she held a flickering light, which wasn’t a lantern or a candle but seemed to be a ball of raw flame, attended by nothing more than her bare skin.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

be a ball

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