Entertaining

//ˌɛntəɹˈteɪnɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
Entertainment. archaic
"As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday […]"

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of entertain form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1
Very amusing; that entertains.
"The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining."

Adjective

1
agreeably diverting wordnet

Synonyms

amusing diverting funny interesting pleasant pleasurable

Antonyms

Example

"I think a movie is more entertaining than any book."

Etymology

From entertain + -ing.

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