'Diverting' definitions:

Definition of 'diverting'

adjective

Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story" [syn: amusing, amusive, diverting]

From: GCIDE

Diverting \Di*vert"ing\, a. Amusing; entertaining. -- {Di*vert"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Di*vert"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Divert \Di*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverting.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. Divorce.]
1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. [1913 Webster]
That crude apple that diverted Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor. [1913 Webster]
We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. --C. J. Smith.
Syn: To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See Amuse. [1913 Webster]