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Synonyms for diverting
dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ-di·vert·ing

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  1. amusing, amusive, divertingadjective

    providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

    "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"

    Synonyms:
    mirthful, laughable, funny, amusive, comical, amusing, risible, comic

    Antonyms:
    uninteresting

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  1. List of paraphrases for "diverting":

    deflecting

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2347funny
#4214comic
#15644amusing
#36473comical
#42622diverting
#42698laughable
#87896deflecting
#172858risible
#199502mirthful

How to use diverting in a sentence?

  1. Antony Blinken:

    We hear the concerns of countries who worry that standing with Ukraine and holding Russia accountable is diverting focus and resources from others in need, to those countries, I would say, simply, look at our actions. And when you hear Russia and its defenders accuse the countries who support Ukraine of ignoring the rest of the world, I say: look at Moscow’s actions.

  2. Peter Gleick:

    What President Donald Trump is basically saying is we ought to use every drop of it, primarily for President Donald Trump agricultural friends in the Central Valley, if President Donald Trump argument in these tweets is' Stop diverting water to the Pacific and use it to fight the fires,' it's nonsensical.

  3. Deborah Peters:

    I think West Virginia's their way to sort of get out of this difficult bind that she is believable and that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable. There would be no way to make West Virginia acceptable. So I think they are diverting away from the main issue and trying to create an alternative reality, really.

  4. John Sopko:

    Nor can I assure you that the Taliban are not diverting the money we are sending from the intended recipients, which are the poor Afghan people, i would just say, I have n’t seen a starving Taliban fighter on TV, they all seem to be fat, dumb, and happy.

  5. Isaac Newton:

    I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore and diverting himself and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell that ordinary while the greater ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.


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