Antonyms for amusing
əˈmyu zɪŋamus·ing

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1. amusingadjective

   Antonyms:
   unamusing

2. amusingadjective

   The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud.

   Antonyms:
   unamusing

3. amusingadjective

   Antonyms:
   unamusing

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1. amusing, amusive, divertingadjective

   providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

   "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"

   Antonyms:
   humorless, unhumorous, uninteresting, humourless

   Synonyms:
   mirthful, diverting, laughable, funny, amusive, comical, risible, comic

2. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   humorless, uninteresting, unhumorous, humourless

   Synonyms:
   shady, comic, ridiculous, laughable, peculiar, jovial, rum, nonsensical, amusive, odd, cockeyed, diverting, jolly, singular, suspicious, ludicrous, funny, jocund, preposterous, merry, mirthful, risible, fishy, gay, derisory, absurd, comical, suspect, rummy, idiotic, curious

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1. amusingadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleasing, diverting, laughable, entertaining, farcical, droll, divertive

How to use amusing in a sentence?

1. Susan Silver:

   The three of us had a date, he and my uncle got along beautifully… I only went on one date with him, but he was so brilliant and so amusing. He had beautiful eyes. He was very soulful. He was really good looking! I have a T-shirt [now] with his face on it… I didn’t go to bed with him then, but now I sleep with him occasionally at night. And it’s safer that way!

2. Arnold Bennett:

   Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.

3. Stephen Miller:

   Like many things CNN says, this story has the most important virtue of all CNN stories, of being not true, it’s an amusing story, but not a true one.

4. James Anthony Froude:

   Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

5. Contessa Bianca Bertolli:

   There is nothing more amusing to Venetians than watching tourists who think the Grand Canal is all there is to Venice.

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