entertaining

[en-ter-tey-ning] / ˌɛn tərˈteɪ nɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

amusing, pleasing

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

be a ball 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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Perhaps that is because while I was teaching and teaching teachers, I also had my side gigs—entertaining big groups, experimenting in the kitchen, a quilting group.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gloriously unpredictable and, at times, impossible to read, they are wildly entertaining - bewildering, bewitching, brilliant.

From BBC

So that was really what I was more worried about, is like, can I get this message across and make it relatable, funny and entertaining at the same time?

From Los Angeles Times

He takes this ghoulish stance in the name of making “The Five” more entertaining.

From Salon

If “One of Us” is an entertaining family saga of privilege and comeuppance, it is also a consummate novel of suspense in which revelations detonate with lethal accuracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

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