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be a ball

ADJECTIVE
entertaining
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absorbing affecting captivating charming compelling delightful diverting engaging engrossing enjoyable enticing exciting fascinating fun funny humorous impressive inspiring interesting lively moving pleasant poignant provocative stimulating thrilling
STRONG
cheering enchanting enthralling entrancing gas relaxing riot rousing scream stirring striking
WEAK
cheerful clever droll gay piquant pleasurable priceless recreative restorative side-splitting witty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad boring depressing disagreeable dramatic dull repellent repulsive sad serious tragic unaffecting unamusing unenjoyable unexciting unfunny unhappy uninteresting unpleasant unstimulating
WEAK
laborious tiring

Example Sentences

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These were the first pitches of at-bats, where sportsbooks offered action on whether it would be a ball or strike.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025

This is supposed to be a ball game and not just a talk show.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2024

While Norton never got to be a ball boy on Centre, he did get on Court One - and possibly even better, he played on it.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

“We strengthen existing evidence for the existence of the innermost inner core, which should be a ball the size of about half of the inner core.”

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2023

In her hands she held a flickering light, which wasn’t a lantern or a candle but seemed to be a ball of raw flame, attended by nothing more than her bare skin.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs