Amused vs Amuse - What's the difference?
amused | amuse |
(amuse)
Pleasurably entertained.
Displaying amusement.
(usually, with a complement) Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
* Gilpin
To cause laughter, to be funny.
(archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
* Johnson
(archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
* Holland
* Fuller
As verbs the difference between amused and amuse
is that amused is (amuse) while amuse is .As an adjective amused
is pleasurably entertained.amused
English
Verb
(head)- While waiting for the bus, I amused myself by performing a mime interpretation of the Gettysburg Address.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The children chased one another in a circle in front of their amused parents.
- He was amused to note the disarray of his opponents.
- He was very amused by the lyrics.
- She was amused with their antics.
- The entertainers parodied his speech. He was not amused .
Anagrams
*amuse
English
Verb
- I watch these movies because they amuse me.
- It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
- A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
- He amused his followers with idle promises.
- Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.
- Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.
