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amusing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??mju?z??/

Verb

amusing

  1. present participle of amuse

Adjective

amusing (comparative more amusing, superlative most amusing)

  1. Entertaining.
  2. Funny, hilarious.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:funny
  • See also Thesaurus:witty

Antonyms

  • unamusing

Derived terms

  • amusingness

Translations

Anagrams

  • Mungias

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witticism

English

Etymology

witty +? -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?w?.t?.s?z.?m/

Noun

witticism (plural witticisms)

  1. a witty remark
    • 1883: George Eliot, The Essays of George Eliot, chapter 4
      Shock of the witticism is a powerful one; while mere fun will have no power over them if it jar on their moral taste.
    • 2015: Hans Rollman, Freedom of Speech: It’s Complicated, PopMatters
      While the occasional wry witticism seeps through, overall Shipler is painfully conscientious about trying to offer both sides of any debate.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:joke

Translations

See also

  • bon mot
  • gag
  • jape
  • joke
  • one-liner

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