Definition of entertaining

"entertaining" in the verb sense

1. entertain

provide entertainment for

2. entertain, think of, toy with, flirt with, think about

take into consideration, have in view

"He entertained the notion of moving to South America"

3. harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings

"bear a grudge"

"entertain interesting notions"

"harbor a resentment"

"entertaining" in the adjective sense

1. entertaining

agreeably diverting

"an entertaining puppet show"

"films should be entertaining"

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Quotations for entertaining

By entertaining good thoughts, you will keep out evil ones. [ Proverb ]

Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope means recognizing fear. [ Browning ]

Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his Father's house into another that is fair and large, lightsome and glorious, and divinely entertaining. [ Adam Clarke ]

A woman with a hazel eye never elopes from her husband, never chats scandal, never finds fault, never talks too much nor too little - always is an entertaining, intellectual, agreeable and lovely creature. [ Frederic Saunders ]

Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining, popular; but he will want weight. No soulmoving picture was ever painted that had not in it depth of shadow. [ Peter Bayne ]

entertaining in Scrabble®

The word entertaining is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters entertaining:

ENTERTAINING
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (46 words)

antigen, arenite, earning, entrain, entrant, entreat, gentian, granite, grantee, greaten, igniter, inertia, ingrain, ingrate, integer, iterate, nattier, nearing, netting, nitrate, nitrene, nitrite, nittier, raining, ranting, ratting, reagent, regnant, reining, renting, tangent, tangier, tanning, tearing, tentage, tentier, tenting, ternate, tiering, tinnier, tinning, tintier, tinting, trainee, treeing, triaene

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In entertaining

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entertaining in Words With Friends™

The word entertaining is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters entertaining:

ENTERTAINING
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (46 words)

antigen, arenite, earning, entrain, entrant, entreat, gentian, granite, grantee, greaten, igniter, inertia, ingrain, ingrate, integer, iterate, nattier, nearing, netting, nitrate, nitrene, nitrite, nittier, raining, ranting, ratting, reagent, regnant, reining, renting, tangent, tangier, tanning, tearing, tentage, tentier, tenting, ternate, tiering, tinnier, tinning, tintier, tinting, trainee, treeing, triaene

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word entertaining

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In entertaining

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Words within the letters of entertaining

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entertaining + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence entertaining

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