Definition of diverting
: providing amusement or entertainment
- a diverting evening
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Examples of diverting in a Sentence
some tall and diverting tales were told by the festival's roving storyteller
Recent Examples of diverting from the Web
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Per The New York Times: Judging by comments on social media, many of those who tuned in found Mr. Bone to be the most diverting thing about the debate.
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Both popular and science media show an outsized fondness for brain imaging studies, inspiring much work more diverting than informative.
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Judging by comments on social media, many of those who tuned in found Mr. Bone to be the most diverting thing about the debate.
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First Known Use of diverting
1655
diverting Synonyms
Synonyms
amusing, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, pleasurable;
Antonyms
boring, drab, dreary, dull, flat, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, pleasureless, ponderous, stodgy, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying;
Near Antonyms
disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, uncongenial, unlovely, unpleasant, unpleasing, unwelcome;
Related Words
agreeable, beguiling, nice, pleasant, satisfying, welcome;
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, sidesplitting, uproarious;
blithesome, gay, gleeful, happy, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful, sunny;
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