Synonyms of amused

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adjective

as in smiling

Related Words

• smiling
• laughing
• gleeful
• jovial
• mirthful
• giggling
• merry
• jolly
• chuckling
• cheerful
• jocular
• jocose
• delighted
• lighthearted
• amusing
• festive
• enraptured
• cheery
• carefree
• upbeat
• blithe
• spirited
• ecstatic
• buoyant
• beaming
• joking
• frisky
• sunny
• perky
• joyful
• exuberant
• hilarious
• jubilant
• joyous
• vivacious
• jocund
• animated
• sprightly
• lively
• happy
• chipper
• funny
• exultant
• playful
• exhilarated
• elated
• rapturous
• gay
• overjoyed
• blissful
• peppy
• witty
• tickled
• euphoric
• unconcerned
• blithesome
• flippant
• thrilled
• jaunty
• entranced
• blessed
• bouncing
• facetious
• optimistic
• radiant
• lightsome
• ravished
• bright
• easygoing
• jesting
• insouciant
• sprightful
• hopeful
• frolicsome
• humorous
• sportive
• zippy
• comical
• cavalier
• gladsome
• joshing
• sanguine
• high
• comic
• farcical
• uproarious
• rosy
• riotous
• antic
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care
• sidesplitting

Dissimilar Words

• unhappy
• sad
• aggrieved
• depressed
• saddened
• dispirited
• anguished
• dejected
• disheartened
• sorrowful
• crestfallen
• despondent
• abject
• glum
• downcast
• melancholy
• forlorn
• blue
• disconsolate
• heartbroken
• crying
• brokenhearted
• disgruntled
• discontented
• wailing
• weeping
• sobbing
• sorry
• heartsick
• downhearted
• moody
• mournful
• doleful
• low-spirited
• lugubrious
• plaintive
• sullen
• woeful
• heavyhearted
• dark
• gloomy
• joyless
• somber
• morose
• depressing
• black
• gray
• dismal
• bleak
• cheerless
• lachrymose
• moaning
• dreary
• miserable
• groaning
• desolate
• dolorous
• saturnine
• comfortless
• wretched
• woebegone
• listless
• dull
• sluggish
• lethargic
• torpid

amused

2 of 2

verb

past tense of amuse

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entertained
• regaled
• distracted
• delighted
• occupied
• pleased
• appeased
• interested
• diverted
• engrossed
• solaced
• enchanted
• intrigued
• consoled
• fascinated
• charmed
• captivated
• busied
• comforted
• engaged
• mesmerized
• involved
• humored
• enthralled
• immersed
• hypnotized
• gratified
• bewitched
• disported
• contented
• beguiled
• indulged
• obliged
• pampered
• spoiled
• placated
• soothed
• mollified
• absorbed
• pacified
• pleasured
• coddled
• gripped
• propitiated
• conciliated
• mollycoddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bored
• exhausted
• tired
• wore
• drained
• annoyed
• fatigued
• wearied
• upset
• disturbed
• jaded
• aggravated
• bothered
• exasperated
• perturbed
• harassed
• vexed
• harried
• grated
• piqued
• enervated
• irked
• fretted
• chafed
• wore out
• peeved
• nettled
• pestered
• bugged
• galled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amused

Adjective

Torres’ inaccuracy in front of goal has even spawned countless memes on Spanish-speaking social media from frustrated fans and amused neutrals. — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 21 June 2026

In a June 2 Instagram Reel, Joanna attempts to balance on a 2x4 wooden plank as Chip watches her with an amused expression on his face. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

Verb

Horgan ended up incorporating some of those videos—AI slop of dogs blowing up houses with laser beam eyes, for instance—which amused Murphy. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026

Students were especially amused that AI had John Singer, who acts as a hub connecting all the other characters, speaking on a variety of subjects. — Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026