The story was amusing.
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Amusing
//əˈmjuːzɪŋ//
Synonyms for "amusing" (50 found)
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Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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1 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 28 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- genotvol adj (entertaining)
- snaaks adj (funny)
Arabic
1 entries- مُمْتِع adj (entertaining)
Belarusian
3 entries- заба́ўны adj (funny)
- паце́шны adj (funny)
- сме́шны adj (funny)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заба́вен adj (entertaining)
- заба́вен adj (funny)
- развлека́телен adj (entertaining)
- сме́шен adj (funny)
Catalan
2 entries- divertit adj (entertaining)
- entretingut adj (entertaining)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 可笑 adj (entertaining)
- 好玩 adj (entertaining)
- 有趣 adj (entertaining)
Esperanto
2 entries- amuza adj (entertaining)
- amuza adj (funny)
Finnish
2 entries- hupaisa adj (funny)
- huvittava adj (entertaining)
French
4 entries- amusant adj (entertaining)
- amusant adj (funny)
- divertissant adj (entertaining)
- drôle adj (funny)
Galician
4 entries- chistoso adj (funny)
- divertido adj (entertaining)
- entretido adj (entertaining)
- gracioso adj (funny)
Georgian
3 entries- გასართობი adj (entertaining)
- თავშესაქცევი adj (entertaining)
- სასაცილო adj (funny)
German
3 entries- amüsant adj (entertaining)
- lustig adj (entertaining)
- vergnüglich adj (entertaining)
Hungarian
4 entries- jópofa adj (funny)
- mulatságos adj (funny)
- szórakoztató adj (entertaining)
- vicces adj (funny)
Irish
1 entries- greannmhar adj (funny)
Italian
3 entries- divertente adj (entertaining)
- esilarante adj (entertaining)
- ilare adj (entertaining)
Japanese
2 entries- 可笑しい adj (entertaining)
- 面白い adj (entertaining)
Latin
1 entries- rīdiculus adj (funny)
Latvian
2 entries- jocīgs adj (funny)
- smieklīgs adj (funny)
Old English
1 entries- hleahtorbære adj (funny)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- sposich adj (funny)
Polish
2 entries- zabawny adj (funny)
- śmieszny adj (funny)
Portuguese
2 entries- divertido adj (entertaining)
- engraçado adj (funny)
Russian
4 entries- заба́вный adj (entertaining)
- заба́вный adj (funny)
- заня́тный adj (entertaining)
- поте́шный adj (funny)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- àbhachdach adj (funny)
- èibhinn adj (funny)
Spanish
4 entries- ameno adj (entertaining)
- desopilante adj (entertaining)
- desopilante adj (funny)
- divertido adj (entertaining)
Swedish
1 entries- underhållande adj (entertaining)
Ukrainian
3 entries- заба́вний adj (funny)
- поті́шний adj (funny)
- смішни́й adj (funny)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- zabawny adj (entertaining)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
Source: tatoeba (56054)
This book is not less amusing than that one.
Source: tatoeba (56856)
This book is so amusing that I could go on reading for hours.
Source: tatoeba (57010)
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