amusement
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- noun
- /əˈmjuːzmənt/
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diversión
- Sayer tries to share the Director's amusement with a good-natured smile, but doesn't really understand it.
- smile of amusement
- enjoyment and amusement
- much to the amusement
It's a sense of, Oh yeah, kind amusement.
- It's a sense of, Oh yeah, kind amusement.
- The testicle came easily out of the skin and with great amusement I realised that there was no pain.
- A pair of rich geniuses brutally murder a boy for their own callous amusement and intellectual curiosity.
- Real sports, real athletic events, are also about appreciation, not just amusement.
- And I know cadets at West Point and my young interrogator have watched these, you know, with amusement and voyeurism and whatnot.
- Well, once here, once she'll be part of the panel tomorrow, she follows it and watches with amusement.
- I want it to be like Mike Tyson beating up a child because it'll be a source of amusement to me.
- You have some concept, Some concepts, Yeah, there are some things, like, for example, when I read in books where it says so and so's eyes sparkled with amusement.
- His pale skin and blue eyes so deep they were violent even in the firelight they twinkled with amusement as he be help me.
Examples
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In many games, the anonymity of the donor allows participants to watch with amusement how their offering is received.
Academic text (2013) -
Watching the clown perform brought me great amusement during the birthday party.
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"for his own amusement, never took up any book but the..."
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That has provided us with much amusement.
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Have you exhausted all the other sources of your amusement?
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Whether or not the work brings easy amusement, the man seems fulfilled by the mere process.
Academic text (2007) -
Possible reactions can range from approval to amusement to displeasure, depending on the musical result.
Academic text (2006) -
His hands, he noted with mild amusement, were trembling slightly as he dialed the numbers.
Fiction book (1990) -
Jorge Luis Borges would, no doubt, find intrigue and amusement in the situations portrayed in this paper.
Academic text (1990) -
The movie was filled with moments of amusement that made the audience laugh out loud.
Synonyms
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A feeling of enjoyment or happiness from something
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A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied
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A strong feeling of great happiness
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A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it
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The feeling of pleasure you get from something
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A strong feeling of happiness and excitement
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A very happy and excited feeling after a big success
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A strong, happy feeling of excitement
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Great happiness that people show by laughing
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A time of happy laughter and fun at a party or celebration
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A strong feeling of amusement that makes people laugh
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A feeling of being happy and pleased
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Etymology
The word amusement comes from the verb amuse, from a- + muse, with muse meaning 'to think or stare'. Because to 'amuse' was to move someone's mind into interest or pleasure, amusement became the happy feeling you get when something is funny or entertaining.