unamusing
/ˌʌnəˈmjuːzɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण अनम्यूज़िंग
अरोचक, नीरस
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not funny or entertaining
अरोचक, नीरस
- an unamusing joke
- The comedian's unamusing jokes were met with silence.
- Radhika found his remarks rude and unamusing.
+ 2 more examples
- The audience thought the play slow and unamusing.
- It was an unamusing film, and half the hall left early.
Synonyms unfunny dull boring tedious humourless
Opposite amusing funny entertaining hilarious
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
unamusing + noun
Before a noun it describes jokes, remarks or situations that are not funny or entertaining.
संज्ञा से पहले यह ऐसे चुटकुलों, टिप्पणियों या स्थितियों का वर्णन करता है जो मज़ेदार या मनोरंजक न हों।
- Radhika found the comedian's jokes unamusing.
- It was an unamusing film about tax rules.
find sth unamusing
Find + object + adjective states a person's reaction; the person is the subject.
'Find + object + adjective' व्यक्ति की प्रतिक्रिया बताता है; व्यक्ति subject होता है।
- The audience found the speech unamusing.
unamusing vs unamused
Unamusing describes the thing that fails to entertain; unamused describes the person who is not entertained.
'Unamusing' उस चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो मनोरंजन नहीं करती; 'unamused' उस व्यक्ति का जो मनोरंजित नहीं हुआ।
- The joke was unamusing, and the teacher was unamused.
formal / ironic use
The word is formal and sometimes ironic; ordinary speakers more often say not funny.
यह शब्द औपचारिक और कभी-कभी व्यंग्यात्मक है; आम बोलचाल में 'not funny' अधिक कहा जाता है।
- He made an unamusing remark about the queue.
it is unamusing + that-clause / to-infinitive
Use it as a dummy subject to give a mild judgement.
हल्का निर्णय देने के लिए 'it' को dummy subject के रूप में प्रयोग करें।
- It is unamusing to hear the same joke every week.
+Collocations 5
unamusing + noun
jokeremarkfilmstorycommenthabit
- She ignored his unamusing comment.
adverb + unamusing
ratherquitedeeplyfaintlythoroughly
- The play was thoroughly unamusing.
verb + unamusing
findbeproveseemsound
- Many viewers found the serial unamusing.
opposites
amusingfunnyentertaininghilarious
- An unamusing sitcom is a failure.
unamusing + abstract noun
unamusing silenceunamusing taskunamusing habitunamusing delay
- The long speech ended in an unamusing silence.
“More examples 6
- The class found the lecturer's puns unamusing.
कक्षा को व्याख्याता के श्लेष चुटकुले बेमज़ा लगे।
- It was an unamusing end to an otherwise cheerful evening.
यह एक अन्यथा प्रसन्न शाम का नीरस अंत था।
- Radhika gave him an unamusing look when he laughed at her mistake.
जब वह उसकी गलती पर हँसा तो राधिका ने उसे नाराज़गी भरी नज़र से देखा।
- The writer's attempts at humour were unamusing.
लेखक के हास्य के प्रयास नीरस थे।
- The constant delays in the train were most unamusing.
रेलगाड़ी की लगातार देरी अत्यंत अरुचिकर थी।
- Radhika thought the cartoon was childish and unamusing.
राधिका को वह कार्टून बचकाना और नीरस लगा।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives say something is not funny, with different strength.
ये विशेषण बताते हैं कि कुछ मज़ेदार नहीं है, पर तीव्रता भिन्न है।
Not funny or entertaining; formal and mild.
मज़ेदार या मनोरंजक नहीं; औपचारिक और हल्का।
- An unamusing joke.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
un·a·mus·ing
?Which word?
Keep the -ed/-ing pair: amused (the person: 'I was not amused') and amusing (the thing: 'an amusing story').
-ed/-ing जोड़ी याद रखिए: amused (व्यक्ति: 'I was not amused') और amusing (चीज़: 'an amusing story')।
Keep the not-funny words together: unamusing, unfunny, dull, insipid, humourless, po-faced (British, too serious).
अरोचक के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: unamusing, unfunny, dull, insipid, humourless, po-faced (British, अत्यधिक गंभीर)।