Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
amuse
IPA transcription: [əmj'uz]
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
amuse, divert, disport
Meaning:
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"
Synonyms:
amuse
Meaning:
make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
Usage examples
It won't do my wife any harm, and it'll amuse me.
"The beast takes care I shall not be at a loss how to amuse myself," said she.
The poor girl here all alone with nothing to amuse her, and me acting that way!
All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd's pipe.
So Beauty, thinking it would amuse them to hear, told them, and their envy increased day by day.
That evening the doctor had no calls to make, so Zip was left to amuse himself as best he could.
"I suppose I ought to enjoy the joke of what's going on here," I wrote, "but somehow it doesn't amuse me.
At the breakfast-table the next morning there was a merry discussion as to what should be done first to amuse Dora.
I laughed against my will at her ill-tempered sallies; they were too funny not to amuse, in spite of their vitriol.
"I expect she thinks I'll amuse her some more!" he thought, savagely, as they galloped away through the quivering sunlight.