Another word for amuse
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Verb
To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way
- To provide with great enjoyment; entertain.
- To entertain sumptuously with food and drink; provide a feast for.
- To feast.
- To impart fresh life to; refresh mentally or physically.
- To take recreation.
- To hold the attention of (someone) with something amusing or diverting.
- To extend hospitality toward:
- To consider; contemplate:
- To turn aside from a course or direction:
- To distract:
- To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse.
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Another word for amuse
Verb
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- The act or process of breaking.
- The condition of having been broken or ruptured:
- A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.
- To kill violently.
- To overwhelm, as with laughter or love:
- To put to death:
- To deprive of life:
- To put an end to; extinguish:
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a relationship.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- To shake or agitate violently:
- To disturb or upset severely:
- To affect with irregular and involuntary muscular contractions; throw into convulsions.
- To touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
- To tease or excite pleasurably; titillate:
- To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight.
- To impart fresh life to; refresh mentally or physically.
- To take recreation.
- To provide with great enjoyment; entertain.
- To entertain sumptuously with food and drink; provide a feast for.
- To feast.
- Great pleasure; joy:
- Something that gives great pleasure or enjoyment:
- To take great pleasure or joy:
- A state of curiosity or concern about or attention to something:
- Something, such as a quality, subject, or activity, that evokes this mental state:
- Regard for one's own benefit or advantage; self-interest:
- To fill up (time or space):
- To dwell or reside in (an apartment, for example).
- To hold or fill (an office or position).
- To deceive by guile or charm:
- To deprive (someone) of something by guile or deceit; cheat:
- To distract the attention of; divert:
- A shout of approval, encouragement, or congratulation:
- A short, rehearsed jingle or phrase, shouted in unison by a squad of cheerleaders.
- Comfort or encouragement:
- To hold the attention of (someone) with something amusing or diverting.
- To extend hospitality toward:
- To consider; contemplate:
- To turn aside from a course or direction:
- To distract:
- To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse.
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Synonym Study
- Beguile suggests the occupation of time with an agreeable activity, largely to dispel boredom or tedium
- Entertain implies planned amusement or diversion, often with some intellectual appeal another guest entertained us with folk songs
- To divert is to take the attention from serious thought or worry to something that amuses
- the monkey's antics amused him
- Amuse suggests the agreeable occupation of the mind, esp. by something that is light or appeals to the sense of humor we amused ourselves with a game of cards
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