amusing

[uh-myoo-zing] / əˈmyu zɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

entertaining, funny

Synonyms

STRONGEST

campy charming comical delightful diverting droll engaging enjoyable entertaining fun gratifying humorous interesting lively pleasant pleasing

STRONG

camp cheering enchanting gladdening joshing screaming

WEAK

agreeable boffo cheerful cut up for grins gut-busting jocular jokey laughable merry priceless sidesplitting too funny for words witty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad boring disagreeable dramatic dull repulsive sad serious tragic unamusing unenjoyable unfunny unhappy unpleasant

WEAK

annoying tiring

Example Sentences

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My surname is amusing, so do enjoy it.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

And Wiseman relayed an amusing anecdote about Canadian Hansen, whose trip around the Moon was also his first time in space.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

It’s amusing that Altman would say of his new hires, “I don’t expect them to go any easier on us.”

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

The timeliness, she says, makes it such an amusing play to perform.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

There was a kid at nursery school who was always saying swears, and Mrs. Bennett did not find it amusing at all, not even for one single minute.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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