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amusing is an adjective meaning "providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining". It carries 2 recorded senses.
providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
“an amusing speaker”
“a diverting story”
arousing or provoking laughter
“an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls”
“an amusing fellow”
“a comic hat”
“a comical look of surprise”
“funny stories that made everybody laugh”
“a very funny writer”
“it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much”
“a mirthful experience”
“risible courtroom antics”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for amusing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.