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amuse
Synonyms and Antonyms of amuse
- the older girl amused her four-year-old sister at the family reunion by showing her off to all the relatives
absorb, busy, distract, engage, engross, immerse, interest, involve, occupy
beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, enthrall (or enthral), fascinate
grip, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize
coddle, gratify, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, please, pleasure, spoil
appease, comfort, conciliate, console, content, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, propitiate, soothe
Synonym Discussion of amuse
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- amuse yourselves while I make dinner
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- a light comedy to divert the tired businessman
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- a magician entertaining children at a party
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