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All amuse synonyms

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verb amuse

  • tickle — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
  • gratify — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
  • wow — to gain an enthusiastic response from; thrill.
  • please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
  • charm — Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
  • regale — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
  • fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
  • slay — to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
  • occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • interest — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
  • gladden — to make glad.
  • divert — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
  • panic — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
  • grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
  • distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
  • absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
  • fascinate — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
  • crack up — If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill.
  • put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
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