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[ dih-vur-ting, dahy- ] / dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR diverting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveserving to divert; entertaining; amusing. Origin of divertingFirst recorded in 1645–55; divert + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM divertingdi·vert·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby divertingdiverticulitis, diverticuloma, diverticulosis, diverticulum, divertimento, diverting, divertissement, divertive, Dives, divest, divestible Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for divertingDay by day, it drives people to distraction by diverting energy to mindless legal compliance. Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST It had been a disaster, diverting farmers from the land, draining their grain supplies and ultimately starving millions. How to Hide a Famine with Ping-Pong|Nicholas Griffin|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST He is the most frisky, diverting, and altogether impish of all our wild creatures. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers|John Burroughs Two men and a naked female sit in the open air, diverting themselves with music. Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society|anonymous
All the entertaining and diverting passages have been suppressed, and some wretched stuff inserted. The Truth about Opium|William H. Brereton The shops, too, have their diverting irregularities, as well as the town. Rambles Beyond Railways;|Wilkie Collins I admit that the scene in West Africa was a diverting novelty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914|Various
Words related to divertingentertaining, distracting, relaxing, fun |