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Definition of Amusing
Amusing

of Amuse

Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.

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Amusing Quotations

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
Mae West

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Voltaire

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
Orson Welles

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.
H. L. Mencken

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
Benjamin Disraeli

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.
Thomas Carlyle

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
Michel de Montaigne

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.
Marilyn vos Savant

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.
Charles Baudelaire

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
Charles Baudelaire

Amusing Translations

amusing in Danish is morsom
amusing in Dutch is aardig, leuk, amusant, vermakelijk
amusing in Italian is dilettevole, giocondo, divertente
amusing in Portuguese is divertir
amusing in Spanish is entretenido, divertido
amusing in Swedish is rolig, lustig


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