Read full poem →place.” And he paid. He did it with great gusto, was
really amusing, and all the girls and touts and the other
customers were delighted.
Dictionary Entry
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
In a Sentence
“I watch these movies because they amuse me.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. amusinghimself amusingthemselves amusingstory amusingincident amusing
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “amusing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →stolen and he became a beach-comber in Genoa. He has described his
life there to me: “Wine and figs and pasta. And sunlight! And amusing
companions, dozens of other beach-combers roving the dockyards and
Read full poem →Of the eternal subject. For the Court,--
The Trial was amusing in its way,
Only too much of it: the Earl withdrew
Read full poem →some other reason for the failure must be found than his
quaint Elizabethan English, with its amusing and enviable
defiance of pedantic diction-tinkers.
Read full poem →Lucretia Borgia shall be my Bride;
Her anecdotes will be more amusing
Than Pipit's experience could provide.