diverting

[ dih-vur-ting, dahy- ]

adjective

1. serving to divert; entertaining; amusing.

Other Words From

• di·verting·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of diverting¹

First recorded in 1645–55; divert + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Day by day, it drives people to distraction by diverting energy to mindless legal compliance.

From The Daily Beast

It had been a disaster, diverting farmers from the land, draining their grain supplies and ultimately starving millions.

From The Daily Beast

Four SUVs blocked the entrance to the lot, and a patrol car started diverting traffic.

From The Daily Beast

American officials are fully aware of the risk of Saleh diverting U.S. military aid.

From The Daily Beast

How much more diverting to focus on the villainy of a potty-mouthed Illinois pol.

From The Daily Beast

It combats ennui, lassitude, and intolerable vacuity, soothing the nerves and diverting attention from self.

From Project Gutenberg

The convention as a spectacle was immensely diverting, but she had her misgivings about it as a transaction in history.

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This Way of travelling is very commodious and diverting, and so swift, that an Arrow from a Cross-bow does not fly faster.

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But although he never stirred out of the cradle, Gilly of the Goatskin had ways of diverting himself.

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Humour she really possessed; and when she chose it, she could be diverting to those who like buffoonery in women.

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Related Words

• entertaining