Amusement

English

Noun

Amusement (countable and uncountable; plural Amusements)

1. (uncountable) Entertainment
2. (countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, and fishing.

Adjectives for Amusement

impersonal; unspeakable; obscure; good-humored; tolerant; worldly; contemptuous; harmless; favorite; abundant; hearty; secret; elegant; solitary; idle; puzzled; after-dark; racy; traditional; endless; intimate ; delirious; detached; cynical; malicious; puerile; costly; discreet; innocent; sarcastic; healthy; ironic; benevolent; magnificent; mocking; mild; considerable; grim; undisguised; haughty; round-eyed; vague; unconcealed; empty; suppressed; sophisticated; scornful; wry; ribald; sly; reminiscent; facile; sheepish; heightened; meretricious; insipid; irritating; wholesome; childish; passing; intriguing; idle; fashionable; time-killing; sparkling; barbarous; evident.

Verbs for Amusement

absorb in; afford; attend with; betray; contrive; crave; cultivate; dedicate to; devise; excite; fall into; indulge in; revel in; seek; tickle with; vary; affords; attracts; beguiles; detains; distracts; diverts; engages; entertains; grows out of; - invigorates; relaxes.

Thesaurus

animal pleasure; beguilement; bodily pleasure; carnal delight; comfort; content; contentment; coziness; creature comforts; dissipation; distraction; diversion; divertissement; ease; endpleasure; enjoyment; entertainment; euphoria; forepleasure; frivolity; fruition; fun; game; glee; gleefulness; gratification; great satisfaction; gusto; hearty enjoyment; high glee; hilariousness; hilarity; intellectual pleasure; jocularity; jocundity; joie de vivre; joke; jolliness; jollity; joviality; joy; joyfulness; joyousness; keen pleasure; kicks; lark; laughter; levity; luxury; merriment; merriness; mirth; mirthfulness; pastime; physical pleasure; pleasure; quiet pleasure; recreation; relaxation; relish; satisfaction; self-gratification; self-indulgence; sensual pleasure; sensuous pleasure; sexual pleasure; sport; sweetness of life; titillation; voluptuousness; well-being; zest

Etymology

amuse + -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈmjuzmənt/, SAMPA: /@"mjuzm@nt/

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• Hyphenation: a‧muse‧ment

Translations

entertainment

Breton: diduamant m. -où Bulgarian: забавление (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 娛樂 (zh), 娱乐 (zh) (yúlè) Czech: zábava (cs) f. Danish: underholdning (da) c. Dutch: amusement n., vertier n. Finnish: huvi, huvitus, huvittuneisuus, hilpeys French: amusement (fr) m. German: Amüsement n. (obsolete), Entertainment n. (colloquial), Unterhaltung f., Vergnügen n. Greek: διασκέδαση (el) (diaskédasi) f., ψυχαγωγία (el) (psychagogía) f., αναψυχή (el) (anapsychí) f.

Indonesian: hiburan Italian: divertimento (it) m. Japanese: 娯楽 (ja) (ごらく, goraku), アミューズメント (ja) (amyūzumento), , 遊び (ja) (asobi) Polish: zabawa (pl) f. Portuguese: divertimento (pt) m. Russian: развлечение (ru) (razvlečénije) n., забава (ru) (zabáva) f. Slovene: zabava f., razvedrilo n. Spanish: divertimiento (es) m. Tamil: கேளிக்கை Telugu: వినోదం Vietnamese: sự hài hước (vi)

an activity that is entertaining or amusing

Bulgarian: развлечение (bg) Hebrew: שעשוע (he) m. (sha'ashua), כיוף (he) m. Italian: intrattenimento (it) m., festeggiamento (it) m.

Russian: развлечение (ru) (razvlečénije) n., забава (ru) (zabáva) f. Spanish: diversión (es) f.