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amusing (verb)

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  • amusing — amuse ► VERB 1) cause (someone) to laugh or smile. 2) entertain. DERIVATIVES amused adjective amusing adjective. ORIGIN Old French amuser entertain, deceive , from muser stare stupidly …   English terms dictionary

  • EXCITE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index excite noun absorption, attention, heat, infatuation, kick, sensation, thrill, trick, wonder, wrinkle …   English dictionary for students

  • card — card1 noun 1》 thick, stiff paper or thin cardboard. 2》 a piece of card for writing on, especially a postcard or greetings card.     ↘a business card or visiting card. 3》 a small rectangular piece of plastic containing machine readable personal… …   English new terms dictionary

  • make a face — verb contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do • Syn: ↑grimace, ↑pull a face • Derivationally related forms: ↑grimace (for: ↑grimace) …   Useful english dictionary

  • take off — verb 1. leave (Freq. 15) The family took off for Florida • Syn: ↑depart, ↑part, ↑start, ↑start out, ↑set forth, ↑set off, ↑set out …   Useful english dictionary

  • amuse — verb (amused; amusing) Etymology: Middle French amuser, from Old French, from a (from Latin ad ) + muser to muse Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. archaic to divert the attention of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hark back — verb go back to something earlier This harks back to a previous remark of his • Syn: ↑return, ↑come back, ↑recall • Hypernyms: ↑denote, ↑refer • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • rejoice — verb (I) literary to feel or show that you are very happy (+ at/over): His family rejoiced at the news. rejoice in sth phrasal verb (T) 1 to be very happy about something: We rejoiced in our good fortune. 2 BrE humorous to have a name or title… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • send up — [verb] imitate, burlesque, lampoon, make fun of, mimic, mock, parody, satirize, spoof (informal), take off (informal) * * * send up [phrasal verb] 1 send up (something) or send (something) up 1 a : to cause (something) to be heard …   Useful english dictionary

  • amuse — verb /əˈmjuːz,ʌˈmjus/ a) To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert. A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into …   Wiktionary

  • amuse — verb 1》 make (someone) laugh or smile. 2》 provide interesting occupation for; entertain. Derivatives amused adjective amusedly adverb amusing adjective amusingly adverb Origin C15 (in the sense deceive ): from OFr. amuser entertain, deceive ,… …   English new terms dictionary

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