Definitions for amuse

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amuse a·muse

Spelling: [uh-myooz]

IPA: /əˈmyuz/

Amuse is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in amuse (aemsu).

Definitions for amuse

verb (used with object)

1. to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
2. to cause mirth, laughter, or the like, in:
3. to cause (time, leisure, etc.) to pass agreeably.
4. Archaic. to keep in expectation by flattery, pretenses, etc.
5. Obsolete. to engross; absorb. to puzzle; distract.

Origin of amuse

1470-80; Middle French amuser “to divert, amuse”; see a-⁵, muse

Examples for amuse

The purpose of art,” Bemelmans once said, “is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.

His masters would then amuse themselves by pelting him with bones.

I must now amuse and put her off—at all events for the present.

This Mr. Fleurant and Mr. Purgon amuse themselves finely with your body.

Novels are taken up to amuse the vacant hour—in this consists their use.

Pandering—thy name is Newt In Florida, will it bear fruit So obvious it does amuse: "Mitt cut Kosher meals for Jews!"

This was not a great sorrow for Rico,—he knew how to amuse himself.

The Embassy produced a short video in advance of the trip, which, in the spirit of our times, is meant to both inform and amuse.

We amuse him more than the hackneyed comrades he has worn out.

A purse can impress and intimidate, bewilder, berate, or amuse.