[
UK
/ɐmjˈuːs/
]
[ US /əmˈjuz/ ]
[ US /əmˈjuz/ ]
VERB
-
make (somebody) laugh
The clown amused the children -
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
The play amused the ladies
How To Use amuse In A Sentence
- In the VIP section, or VNP (Very Nice People) as Innocent called it, we amused ourselves by reading a stash of Innocent bottle labels.
- Miró himself was an artist whose utterly distinctive early work had great beauty of form and color, and whose fecund imagery delights and amuses.
- The shore was deserted save for myself and a portly dogana-official who was playing with his little son -- trying to amuse him by elephantine gambols on the sand, regardless of his uniform and manly dignity. Old Calabria
- Some looked angry, while others seemed more amused as some of the angriest protesters bellowed at them through a loudhailer.
- Relaxing, in amusement at her unwonted altruism of motive, she had drawn her moleskin coat more closely around her, and settled back to wait the other woman's pleasure in returning to the bright warmth that the pale-orange ribbon of light, wavering upon the swaying platform, harbingered. Undesirables
- Imagine trying to photograph a large pufferfish with the final frame while an eagle ray circles round your head - much to the amusement of the other divers from the boat.
- Ellen seemed amused by the whole situation.
- Light entertainment is amusement without apology or ambition. Times, Sunday Times
- The clerk regarded him with benevolent amusement.
- It was like a particularly manic amusement park ride, with the amusement somewhat tempered by mortal fear.