as in entertained
to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied
the older girl amused her four-year-old sister at the family reunion by showing her off to all the relatives
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Recent Examples of amused
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Back in the heyday of The Washington Post’s Style section, Quinn shocked and amused readers with her cheeky coverage of political scandals and newsmakers.
—Air Mail, 14 June 2025
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
McCartney sounded intrigued by my whereabouts, or perhaps merely amused that I was marooned there waiting out a predictably bad run of snowy weather.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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Verb
TikTok users flooded the comments with amused reactions and similar stories.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Back in the heyday of The Washington Post’s Style section, Quinn shocked and amused readers with her cheeky coverage of political scandals and newsmakers.
—Air Mail, 14 June 2025
Adjective
Viewers on Reddit were amused by the pup's hilarious expression in the viral clip.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
McCartney sounded intrigued by my whereabouts, or perhaps merely amused that I was marooned there waiting out a predictably bad run of snowy weather.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amused
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Chattanooga, Tennessee Equal parts city escape and nature retreat, Chattanooga offers tons of activities to keep your group entertained, plus great food and plenty of art.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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Newsmax licenses another show that entertained election conspiracies, the Howie Carr Show; its employees are not involved in their production, the lawyers added.—
Maddy Lauria,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The one who got distracted by the minstrel did not finish last.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Cameras captured her walking around on the grass before getting distracted and Jordan swooping her up to get to their next hole.—
Nasha Smith,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In a post on July 1, 2024, Kevin shared more gleeful glimpses into their family time: the singer took a video of himself planting a kiss on one of his daughters' cheeks, and another of the two sisters walking off towards the pool.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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So, what better way to show that the next ten months will be the longest, most gleeful goodbye possible than to invite some of your rowdy friends to come over and have some fun while Rome is burning?—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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The always jovial Loeb made a career out of calling it right and frequently calling it ahead of the pack.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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But science is beginning to paint a less jovial picture.—
Anna McKie,
Wired News,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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The Lower East Side location is now home to Comal—a new, eclectic Mexican restaurant from chef Gaz Herbert, a Cuernavaca native—and the same downtown crowd seems to have found its merry way there.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
19 July 2025
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History doesn’t record whether this plea was met with a merry hail of fat envelopes or with silence.—
Daniel Seifert,
JSTOR Daily,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Crosby released a number of tunes throughout his career that were made perfectly for the jolliest time of the year, and his wins are still coming his way, even decades after his passing.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Instead of its usual jolly cartoons, the channel began broadcasting footage of Russian military parades accompanied by music of the Russian nationalist singer Oleg Gazmanov.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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From the cast member who clocked my son’s pin collection–and then pointed out the hotel’s own trading station—to our cheerful server at the Lava Pool, who came equipped with sandwich recommendations, everyone was consistently helpful and attentive.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
21 July 2025
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Kurt's key takeaways The Elmo hack shattered more than just a cheerful digital persona.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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The film explicitly acknowledges that their sibling rivalry is very Thor and Loki, though the dynamic here is different with Wilson playing uptight preppy to Momoa’s jocular biker viking.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2024
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The incomprehensibility of it all, of every awful thing wreaking havoc at once, has Gus in a state of jocular shock.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Amused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amused. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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