amuse
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(ə-myūz') 
tr.v., a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es.
amuser a·mus'er n.
tr.v., a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es.
- To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion.
- To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure: I was not amused by his jokes.
- 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).
Roget's Thesaurus:
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amuse
verb
- To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way: divert, entertain, recreate, regale. See excite/bore/interest.
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amuse
v
Definition: entertain; make laugh
Antonyms: anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset
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amuse
IN BRIEF: v. - Make (somebody) laugh; Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
— Evelyn Waugh
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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
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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