Synonyms for diverting

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-vur-ting, dahy-

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ-

Définition of diverting

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French divertir (14c.), from Latin divertere "to turn in different directions," blended with devertere "turn aside," from dis- "aside" and de- "from" + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Diverted; diverting.

adj amusing

Example sentences :

But, you see, there are some people in whom even despair is diverting!
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

Beauchene called him, as if desirous of diverting him from his gloomy thoughts.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

May it prove as diverting to you as the Matter is really instructive.
Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville

Amid chit-chat, so diverting, Saint-Prosper finished “posting” the town.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

Diverting those eyes, he displayed a smile that was chill and dental.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

But when morning came, I thought the situation so diverting that I forgot my shyness.
Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

The river bed, bared by the diverting of the stream, was filled with machinery.
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

I admit that the scene in West Africa was a diverting novelty.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914 » by Various

Mark was grateful to him, too, for diverting her attention from himself.
Extract from : « The Giant's Robe » by F. Anstey

There are women to whom all this warfare would have been diverting, but it was not so to Lee.
Extract from : « Cavanagh: Forest Ranger » by Hamlin Garland

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