Word Meanings - ENTERTAINING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ly, adv. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ness, n.

Related words: (words related to ENTERTAINING)

• AMUSE
  1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• PLEASANT-TONGUED
  Of pleasing speech.
• DIVERTING
  Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. -- Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
• PLEASANTNESS
  The state or quality of being pleasant.
• PLEASURIST
  A person devoted to worldly pleasure. Sir T. Browne.
• AMUSING
  Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story. -- A*mus"ing*ly, adv.
• PLEASURER
  A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
• DIVERT
  turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. 1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. That crude apple that
• DIVERTISSEMENT
  A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.
• DIVERTIMENTO
  ) A light and pleasing composition.
• PLEASURELESS
  Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
• DIVERTISE
  To divert; to entertain. Dryden.
• DIVERTICLE
  A diverticulum. (more info) 1. A turning; a byway; a bypath. Hales.
• PLEASURE
  1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain,
• AMUSEMENT
  1. Deep thought; muse. Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs. Fleetwood. 2. The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses;
• DIVERTIVE
  Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting. Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers.
• AFFORDMENT
  Anything given as a help; bestowal.
• DIVERTIBLE
  Capable of being diverted.
• ENTERTAINMENT
  1. The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general. The entertainment of Christ by faith. Baxter. The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the
• RAMUSCULE
  A small ramus, or branch.
• HIPPOPOTAMUS
  A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body,
• OVERPLEASE
  To please excessively.
• INDIVERTIBLE
  Not to be diverted or turned aside. Lamb.
• CAMUS
  See CAMIS
• DISPLEASANCE
  Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. Chaucer.
• TIMEPLEASER
  One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.
• IMPLEASING
  Unpleasing; displeasing. Overbury.
• UNPLEASANTRY
  1. Want of pleasantry. 2. A state of disagreement; a falling out. Thackeray.