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• v  occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  The play amused the ladies
• v  make (somebody) laugh
  The clown amused the children
• s  pleasantly occupied
  We are not amused" -Queen Victoria

• Once again, the White House was not amused.
• Many viewers are amused by the Noid, Domino's says, but one of them took the advertising campaign personally.
• The "well-informed citizenry" is in danger of becoming the "well-amused audience.

• amuse
• divert
• disport
• diverted
• entertained

News & Articles

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• Printed letters, June 16, 2013
  As I watched the June 5 City Council meeting, I couldn’t help but be amused — and appalled — at the childish behavior of some of the advocates for the Avalon project when it seemed they weren’t getting their way.
  June 16, 2013 - The Daily Sentinel
• Does Edward Snowden Deserve Punishment?
  Geoffrey R Stone is Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago. Post is from Huffington Post . I was amused this evening to catch a glimpse of a CNN show asking this question, as if either characterization is correct.
  June 16, 2013 - LawFuel
• Recent column not justified with facts
  Dear Editor: The first time I read one of Tom Birchfield's columns, I found his one-sided remarks slightly humorous. After being bombarded issue after issue with his archaic and ineffective political bias, I no longer find myself amused.
  June 16, 2013 - East Tennessean

Quotes

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• Oprah Winfrey in FOXNews
  I'm pretty amused by the whole thing,Winfrey told "The Gayle King Show" on Sirius XM Radio. "I think I could be senator, too. I'm just not interested."
• Bobby Jindal in International Herald Tribune
  If I go down as one of the more boring but effective governors, I'll take that as a great compliment,Jindal said at a news conference Sunday. "Our people don't want to be amused by our politics anymore. We don't want to be entertained."
• Pete Stark in FOXNews
  A lot of the way this whole campaign has been covered has amused me. But there was a lot of fulminating because Hillary, one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in... Bill Clinton http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFQgtnAfN-Gd8ODTfDdWrRjwwjDZg ABC News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/04/bill-clinton-re.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEBttejSr0LWVpFapSA4f4DDou2Dg Apr 10, 2008 3495 5072 amusement In 2007, Stark accused President Bush of sending troops to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement."