diverting

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adjective

Amusing, distracting.

Similar
amusingamusiveinteresting
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Meanings

adjectivediverting (comparative more diverting, superlative most diverting)

comparative more diverting · superlative most diverting

  1. datedAmusing, distracting.

    I was every day furniſhing the Court with ſome ridiculous Story; and Glumdalclitch, although ſhe loved me to Exceſs, yet was arch enough to inform the Queen, whenever I committed any Folly that ſhe thought would be diverting to her Majeſty.

    1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Several Adventures that Happened to the Author. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 247
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of divert
noundiverting (plural divertings)

plural divertings

  1. A diversion or turning aside.

    the narrowings, widenings, divertings, or stoppings of the stream of breath

    1854, William Barnes, A Philological Grammar, page 9

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveproviding enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

Similar
amusingamusiveinteresting
Also see
amusingamusivedrollingeniousinterestingtongue-in-cheekwhimsicalwitty

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

diverting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverting

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“diverting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diverting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverting.

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