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# amused

«amused» in Mova's school dictionary: **Finding something funny so that you smile or laugh** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (amused, more amused); past form of the verb amuse (amuse, amuses, amused, amusing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Finding something funny so that you smile or laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#m1)

2) Kept busy and happy, not bored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: she looked amused. Everyday: keep the children amused on a long trip. Phrases: keep someone amused, be amused by/at, not amused (meaning annoyed).

### examples

- She was amused by the puppy chasing its tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#x1)
- Mum was not amused when I spilt the paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#x2)
- The games kept us amused on the long drive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#x3)
- He gave an amused smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#x4)
- I was amused at my brother's silly dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#x5)
- A colouring book kept the toddler amused. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#x6)
- The old man was much amused. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/#x7)

### note

"Not amused" is a polite way of saying annoyed. Amused (how you feel) versus amusing (what makes you feel it): "I was amused; the joke was amusing."

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «amused» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amused/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.