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Common misspellings for amuse

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Definitions of amuse

  1.   To occupy pleasantly: to beguile with expectation.
  2.   To entertain; divert; as, to amuse children with toys.
  3.   make ( somebody) laugh; " The clown amused the children"
  4.   To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
  5.   To muse; to mediate.
  6.   To excite to mirth.
  7.   To entertain; occupy agreeably; divert.
  8.   To fill the mind with thoughts which engage without distracting it; to entertain agreeably.
  9.   To occupy pleasingly; divert; entertain.
  10.   To occupy attention agreeably with agreeable objects; to divert and to beguile with false promises or representations. See Muse.
  11.   occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; " The play amused the ladies"
  12.   To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
  13.   To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

Antonyms for amuse

busy, exasperate, distract, drain, aggravate, harass, harry, enervate, annoy, chafe, disquiet, jade, grate, gall, tire, disturb, pique, pester, bother, fatigue, bug, wear out, perturb, bore, exhaust, nettle, upset, peeve, fret, irk, weary, vex, wear.

Quotes of amuse

  1. Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams
  2. I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair. – Hillary Clinton
  3. Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse myself by drawing and found that I was pretty good at it. – Marc Davis
  4. It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again. – Adrian Edmondson
  5. I not only played and sang blues, but I also had to toss the piano around a bit to amuse the patrons. – Hope Emerson
  6. In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly really enjoyed singing the song. – Peter Gallagher
  7. We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. – Marguerite Gardiner
  8. You make 'em, I amuse 'em. – Dr. Seuss
  9. The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. – Edgar Watson Howe
  10. Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible. – Robert M. Hutchins
  11. Small things amuse small minds. – Doris Lessing
  12. Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. – Blaise Pascal
  13. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you. – Alfred Emanuel Smith
  14. We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. – Evelyn Waugh

Usage examples for amuse

  1. “ No, if it doesn't amuse you. ” – The Firing Line by Robert W. Chambers
  2. “ " Frank will amuse Mr Dornford's boys," said Amy, who knew all their names, though she had never been accustomed to visit in the neighbourhood. ” – Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell
  3. “ It was a real pleasure for Violet to comfort and amuse this friend, from whom she was constantly learning some new thing. ” – Violet: A Fairy Story by Caroline Snowden Guild
  4. “ How shall I amuse him? ” – The Awakening of Helena Richie by Margaret Deland
  5. “ Yes, dearest, if it will amuse you. ” – The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  6. “ Carolyn May appreciated their attempts to amuse her, but she clung close to Benjamin, for she had a question in her mind that only he, she thought, could answer. ” – Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
  7. “ " After what you just said I guess it wouldn't amuse you, although it has me. ” – The Ultroom Error by Gerald Allan Sohl
  8. “ Not simply to amuse ” – The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Thomas Kelly Cheyne
  9. “ I'm sure you already ask questions before them to amuse yourself at my doubt. ” – Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer
  10. “ They have had twelve nights and twelve days of battle, and it has lost its power to amuse ” – Notes of a War Correspondent by Richard Harding Davis
  11. “ We want you to pour out tea for us; and I won't attempt to talk, but just lie still and amuse myself listening to you. ” – A Houseful of Girls by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  12. “ They won't amuse you then! ” – The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy
  13. “ Now sit down and amuse me while I rest. ” – Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell
  14. “ He told me his latest story, when I thought to try and amuse him with one or two of mine, which I was very successful in doing. ” – Twenty Years of Hus'ling by J. P. Johnston
  15. “ Amuse yourself with Mrs. Vandergilt. ” – H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
  16. “ That though did not amuse him so much. ” – L'Assommoir by Emile Zola
  17. “ " But the old man said, 'Winters are best of all- when it's fierce outside, and there's nothing but yourself to amuse yourself with! ” – Together by Robert Herrick (1868-1938)
  18. “ The grandfather, as soon as the child could play about, gave him a bow and arrows to amuse himself. ” – The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians by Henry R. Schoolcraft
  19. “ However, bring her now to me, she can at least amuse herself with the pictures in the books. ” – Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Rhymes for amuse

Idioms for amuse

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