amusing
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Definition of amusing
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Synonyms
delightful, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, pleasurable
Antonyms
boring, drab, dreary, dull, flat, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, pleasureless, ponderous, stodgy, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying
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What's more, plenty of other NFL stars also found the Instagram post to be very amusing, including Matt Hasselbeck, Shannon Sharpe, and Cameron Heyward. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'GMA' Star Michael Strahan Posted a Trash-Talking Video and Instagram Is Freaking out Over It," 29 July 2019 Paul Finebaum agreed and found the comment amusing. — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, "Paul Finebaum agrees with Jim Harbaugh’s shot at Urban Meyer," 22 July 2019 Motorists, however, didn’t find the situation quite as amusing. — Los Angeles Times, "Police shut down Amazon’s ‘Maisel Day’ gas promo after it snarled traffic," 15 Aug. 2019 The people around her don’t find her quite as amusing; the police brush her off as a crazy old lady. — Annabel Gutterman, Time, "Horoscopes Help Solve Homicides in a Thrilling Murder Mystery," 15 Aug. 2019 The reception may have been amusing, but the Hurricanes’ punting situation last fall was anything but. — Christy Cabrera Chirinos, sun-sentinel.com, "UM’s Aussie punter Louis Hedley hasn’t played a snap yet — but he’s already a Hurricanes sensation," 3 Aug. 2019 The company of broadly like-minded people is amusing (and could constitute useful networking). — The Economist, "What the mighty Dolphins say about America," 1 Aug. 2019 So the idea of their characters watching (and even crying at) similar Christmas movies was amusing. — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, "Netflix and Hulu, I beg you: Stop plugging yourselves during your TV shows and movies," 29 July 2019 Greg Gutfeld, in particular, appeared to find the whole situation amusing. — Brian Stelter, CNN, "Murrow's words from 1954 apply to the Trump age: 'We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty'," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'amusing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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