Amuse

Verb

 * 1)  To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
 * 2) To cause laughter, to be funny.
 * 3)  To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
 * 4)  To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed; also to invent some plausible tale, to delude shop-keepers and others, thereby to put them off their guard. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)

Adverbs for Amuse
unconsciously; constantly; superficially; inwardly; genuinely; mightily; whole-heartediy; powerfully; secretly; libidinously; vociferously; considerably; indescribably; falteringly; undisguisedly; obviously; grimly; jovially; highly; impersonally; unspeakably; obscurely; good-humoredly; tolerantly: contemptuously; harmlessly;  idly;  endlessly; intimately; deliriously; detachedly; cynically; maliciously; puerilely; discreetly; ironically; benevolently; magnificently; haughtily; vaguely; wistfully; unconcealedly; emptily; sophisticatedly; insipidly; sheepishly; meretriciously; irritatingly; wholesomely; childishly; intriguingly; fashionably; sparklingly; barbarously.

Synonyms for Amuse
entertain, gratify, please, divert, beguile, engross, cheer, gladden, titillate, interest.

Antonyms for Amuse
bore, tire, annoy.

Thesaurus
absorb; animate; beguile; charm; cheer; convulse; delight; distract; divert; enchant; engross; enliven; entertain; exhilarate; fascinate; fleet; fracture one; interest; kill; knock dead; loosen up; occupy; please; quicken; raise a laugh; raise a smile; recreate; refresh; regale; relax; slay; solace; tickle; titillate; while; wile; wow

Etymology
From amusen: from  amuser: from  amuser: from a-: + muser:, of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with musa:,  musare:. Possibly from 🇫🇴 *undefined: from Proto- *undefined: (—compare musum:), of  origin, from  from. Compare Maul:.

Alternative etymology connects 🇫🇴 muser and musa with  muoza: from  from. Compare also muozon:,  Muße:. More at.

Derived terms

 * amusement

Translations

 * Bulgarian: забавлявам, развличам
 * Catalan: divertir, entretenir, distreure
 * Dutch: zich
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: ,
 * Russian: забавлять, позабавить ; развлекать , развлечь
 * Spanish: entretener, distraer
 * Welsh: diddori


 * Bulgarian: разсмивам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Spanish: divertir


 * Russian: завлекать, завлечь ; отвлекать , отвлечь

Anagrams

 * musea