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I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work.
Jeffrey Brown

Meaning of "amusing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMUSING

amusing  [əˈmjuːzɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMUSING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amusing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMUSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

amusing

Amusement

Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. Current studies have not yet reached consensus on the exact purpose of amusement, though theories have been advanced in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and sociology. In addition, the precise mechanism that causes a given element to be perceived as more or less 'amusing' than another, similar element to a particular individual is not clearly understood.

Definition of amusing in the English dictionary

The definition of amusing in the dictionary is mildly entertaining; pleasantly diverting; causing a smile or laugh.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMUSING


accusing
əˈkjuːzɪŋ
bemusing
bɪˈmjuːzɪŋ
boozing
ˈbuːzɪŋ
bruising
ˈbruːzɪŋ
cancer-causing
ˈkænsəˌkɔːzɪŋ
confusing
kənˈfjuːzɪŋ
displeasing
dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ
easing
ˈiːzɪŋ
freezing
ˈfriːzɪŋ
losing
ˈluːzɪŋ
musing
ˈmjuːzɪŋ
parsing
ˈpɑːzɪŋ
pausing
ˈpɔːzɪŋ
pleasing
ˈpliːzɪŋ
seizing
ˈsiːzɪŋ
stoozing
ˈstuːzɪŋ
teasing
ˈtiːzɪŋ
unamusing
ˌʌnəˈmjuːzɪŋ
unfreezing
ʌnˈfriːzɪŋ
unpleasing
ʌnˈpliːzɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMUSING

amusable
amuse
amuse-bouche
amuseable
amused
amusedly
amusement
amusement arcade
amusement park
amusement ride
amuser
amusette
amusia
amusingly
amusingness
amusive
amusiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMUSING

advertising
alternating-gradient focusing
antibusing
arousing
busing
cohousing
council housing
data warehousing
differential housing
government housing
high-density housing
housing
mousing
public housing
rabble-rousing
roughhousing
rousing
sheltered housing
social housing
terraced housing
warehousing

Synonyms and antonyms of amusing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AMUSING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «amusing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of amusing

Translation of «amusing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMUSING

Find out the translation of amusing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amusing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amusing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人发笑的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

divertido
570 millions of speakers

English

amusing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मनोरंजक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забавно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

divertido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মজাদার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amusant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lucu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

amüsant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おかしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재미있는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyenengake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vui
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறிவுபூர்வமாகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गमतीशीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eğlenceli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

divertente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zabawne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забавно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amuzant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διασκεδαστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snaaks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underhållande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

morsomt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amusing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMUSING»

The term «amusing» is very widely used and occupies the 19.251 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMUSING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amusing

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10 QUOTES WITH «AMUSING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amusing.
1
Richard C. Armitage
Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so it's amusing that people like it!
2
Rowan Atkinson
I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.
3
Rowan Atkinson
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.
4
Arnold Bennett
Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.
5
Jeffrey Brown
I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work.
6
James Callis
Jane Austen is very amusing.
7
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Teaching, I find, is not the most amusing thing on earth; in fact, with a stupid lump for a Pupil, it is about the most irksome.
8
Nicolas Chamfort
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
9
Joel Coen
I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?
10
Tabatha Coffey
I definitely at times notice a difference in service when I go out. You know, I can walk in to grab a cup of coffee or walk in to have lunch or dinner, and people definitely seem on their best behavior, which is funny, or I start to see people clean up around me, which I always find really, really amusing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMUSING»

Discover the use of amusing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amusing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of ...
Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge, in a special anniversary ...
Neil Postman, 2006
2
Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century
Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation ...
John F. Kasson, 2011
3
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of ...
Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment.
Neil Postman, 2005
4
Amusing Anecdotes on Indian Red Tape
Do you know how babudom runs in this country?The book presents a humorous, yet realistic account, by one who has seen it all from inside.Funny, yet objective, account by a senior bureaucrat, the book contains 240 engrossing anecdotes on ...
Barun Kumar Sahu, 2002
5
Amusing Grace
Ed Koehler's cartoons offer uncommon insight into the common foibles of the Christian life.
Ed Koehler, 1994
6
Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing Tracts
the undoubted heir. Bravissimo ! Come with me, excellent sir : I will furnish you with any sums you require. And, Santa Maria ! who would not lend anything he required to a nobleman with the best blood of Valencia in his veins 1 Come !
7
Choosing the Amusing
Anecdotes and advice demonstrate the redemptive powers of humor
Marilyn Meberg, 1999
8
The Alarming History of Medicine: Amusing Anecdotes from ...
Gathers the real stories behind discoveries in medicine and humorous anecdotes about early cures and procedures
Richard Gordon, 1997
9
The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, ...
Refreshing and witty, both believers and unbelievers will find this compendium complete and captivating. Buy this book and feed your head!
Robert Carroll, 2011
10
The amusing history of Tom Thumb
This story recounts the adventures of little Tom Thumb.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMUSING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amusing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ex- Disney chief says handsome and amusing women are …
Prefacing his remarks with “boy, am I going to get in trouble”, (yes, yes you are), Eisner said that handsome women who are also amusing are ... «Thrasher Backer, Jul 15»
2
AMUSING MUSING: Let's go fly a kite! It's summer!
Actually, it's a kite, and calling it a bird or a plane isn't so far off. According to dictionary.com and merriam-webster.com, the definition of kite is: ... «Wicked Local Sharon, Jul 15»
3
Letter: Reaction to court's rulings amusing, concerning
They all announce their mob insanity regarding the ACA. With nearly 60 efforts to repeal or otherwise do away with the ACA, they are all now ... «TheReporter.Com, Jul 15»
4
Chicago Cloud Computing Tax Is Not Amusing
In a new ruling, Chicago is planning to tax cloud-computing services such as Netflix and Apple's new music service. CIOs should pay attention. «InformationWeek, Jul 15»
5
'The Spoils Before Dying': An amusing if uneven satire fronted by …
THE SHOW "The Spoils Before Dying," a six-part comedy miniseries. WHEN | WHERE Wednesday through Friday at 9 p.m. on IFC ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
6
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: It's 'amusing to see all the heat' Trump's …
The sheriff added that it is “amusing to see all the heat because [Trump] made a few statements. “I thought we have freedom of speech in this ... «World Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Terminator Genisys review: Aussies, Schwarzenegger and amusing
There's a wonderful Australian moment early in Terminator Genisys, the latest instalment in the world's favourite cyborg film franchise. Human ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
8
An amusing Common Core irony
Diane Ravitch, the education historian, former assistant secretary of education, and titular leader of the movement against corporate school ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
9
Jim Harbaugh takes half the blame for amusing run-in with Colin …
Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh remains a tough nut to crack in interviews. His latest with Colin Cowherd just reinforced ... «Niners Nation, Jul 15»
10
Amusing Error Pages Found on "Strawberry-Flavored Fist of the …
The URL is a reference to one of Holy Emperor Souther's most famous quotes: "Hikanu! Kobinu! Kaeminu! Teiou ni tousou ha nai no daaaaa! «Crunchyroll News, Jun 15»

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