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: providing entertainment : diverting an entertaining book an entertaining speaker entertainingly ˌen-tər-ˈtā-niŋ-lē adverb as in amusing providing amusement or enjoyment a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day -
amusing -
fun -
enjoyable -
delightful -
exciting -
diverting -
pleasurable -
funny -
pleasant -
nice -
humorous -
satisfying -
hilarious -
recreational -
merry -
welcome -
beguiling -
comical -
thrilling -
happy -
ridiculous -
droll -
agreeable -
comic -
stimulating -
jovial -
riotous -
farcical -
laughable -
ludicrous -
jolly -
sidesplitting -
sunny -
antic -
gleeful -
uproarious -
mirthful -
risible -
jocose -
jocund -
blithesome -
gay -
boring -
uninteresting -
tedious -
tiresome -
tiring -
dull -
wearisome -
monotonous -
ponderous -
weary -
pedestrian -
drab -
heavy -
humdrum -
stuffy -
flat -
dreary -
stodgy -
unpleasant -
leaden -
disagreeable -
distasteful -
wearying -
unwelcome -
jading -
pleasureless -
unpleasing -
uncongenial -
displeasing -
unlovely See More present participle of entertain 1 as in regaling to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner -
amusing -
regaling -
distracting -
interesting -
engrossing -
delighting -
diverting -
captivating -
pleasing -
enchanting -
charming -
engaging -
occupying -
intriguing -
appeasing -
fascinating -
comforting -
consoling -
enthralling -
solacing -
mesmerizing -
busying -
gratifying -
involving -
hypnotizing -
immersing -
beguiling -
bewitching -
absorbing -
soothing -
pampering -
disporting -
humoring -
spoiling -
gripping -
indulging -
pleasuring -
contenting -
placating -
obliging -
pacifying -
coddling -
conciliating -
propitiating -
mollycoddling -
mollifying -
boring -
exhausting -
tiring -
enervating -
draining -
exasperating -
wearing -
fatiguing -
wearying -
aggravating -
disturbing -
annoying -
jading -
harassing -
upsetting -
wearing out -
vexing -
bothering -
perturbing -
grating -
pestering -
bugging -
harrying -
galling -
chafing -
nettling -
fretting -
irking -
piquing -
peeving See More 2 as in debating to give serious and careful thought to have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong? -
debating -
pondering -
considering -
studying -
contemplating -
questioning -
exploring -
analyzing -
weighing -
reviewing -
ruminating -
cogitating -
eyeing -
deliberating -
meditating -
revolving -
looking at -
perpending -
chewing over -
digesting -
chewing on -
eying -
reminiscing -
kicking around -
turning -
absorbing -
reasoning -
mulling (over) -
wrestling (with) -
beating one's brains out (about) -
thinking (about or over) -
opining -
believing -
poring (over) -
cudgeling one's brains (about) -
concluding -
assimilating -
reflecting (on or upon) -
conceiving -
musing (upon) -
second-guessing -
fixating (on or upon) -
speculating (about) -
dwelling (on or upon) -
obsessing (about or over) -
brooding (about or over) -
fretting (about or over) -
drinking (in) -
ignoring -
disregarding -
overlooking -
dismissing -
slighting -
rejecting -
pooh-poohing -
poohing See More 3 as in having to keep in one's mind or heart I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me -
ignoring -
disregarding -
forgetting -
overlooking -
neglecting -
denying -
dropping -
declining -
rejecting -
refusing -
disdaining -
repudiating -
scorning -
abandoning -
discarding -
throwing out -
forsaking -
abjuring -
quitting -
renouncing -
expunging -
parting (with) -
erasing -
deserting -
giving up See More |