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amuse

  (ə-myūz') pronunciation
tr.v., a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es.
  1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion.
  2. To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure: I was not amused by his jokes.
  3. Archaic. To delude or deceive.

[Middle English, from Old French amuser, to stupefy : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + muser, to stare stupidly; see muse.]

amusable a·mus'a·ble adj.
amuser a·mus'er n.

SYNONYMS  amuse, entertain, divert, regale. These verbs refer to actions that provide pleasure, especially as a means of passing time. Amuse, the least specific, implies directing attention away from serious matters: I amused myself with a game of solitaire. Entertain suggests acts undertaken to furnish amusement: “They [timetables and catalogs] are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written” (W. Somerset Maugham). Divert implies distraction from worrisome thought or care: “I had neither Friends or Books to divert me” (Richard Steele). To regale is to entertain with something enormously enjoyable: “He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman” (David Rosenzweig).


 
 
Thesaurus: amuse

verb

    To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way: divert, entertain, recreate, regale. See excite/bore/interest.

 
Antonyms: amuse

v

Definition: entertain; make laugh
Antonyms: anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: v. - Make (somebody) laugh; Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.

pronunciation We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. — Evelyn Waugh

 
Translations: Translations for: Amuse

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - more, underholde

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    more sig, synes at noget er morsomt

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermaken, bezighouden, amuseren

Français (French)
v. tr. - amuser, divertir, faire rire, distraire

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    se divertir, s'amuser à

Deutsch (German)
v. - amüsieren, unterhalten

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    sich unterhalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ψυχαγωγώ, διασκεδάζω, προκαλώ ευθυμία, τέρπω

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    διασκεδάζω

Italiano (Italian)
divertire

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    divertirsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - divertir, fazer rir, distrair

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    divertir-se

Русский (Russian)
забавлять, развлекать

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    заниматься чем-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - divertir, distraer, entretener, recrear

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    divertirse, entretenerse, pasarlo bien

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - roa, underhålla

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
娱乐, 使发笑, 消遣

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    以...自娱

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 娛樂, 使發笑, 消遣

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    以...自娛

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 을 재미나게 하다

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    즐기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - おもしろがらせる, 楽しませる, 慰める

idioms:

  • amuse oneself    楽しむ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسلي, يلهي, يضحك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮בידר, שעשע, בידח, הצחיק‬


 
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