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amusement

UK/əˈmjuzmənt/US/əˈmjuzmənt/
nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,290 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: amusements

Amusement is the feeling of being entertained, or a fairground ride. A look of amusement, much to his amusement, an amusement arcade.

The plural means the rides and machines themselves, so a seaside amusements is a hall of slot machines. Much to somebody's amusement is the standard phrase for enjoying another person's difficulty.

Ethan2039 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Definitions of amusement

  1. 1nounamusementThe feeling of being entertained, or a fairground ride.B2

    “She watched the puppies chasing their own tails with obvious amusement.”

amusement is a feeling.

Where it comes from

Middle French amusement comes from amuser, which first meant to divert or distract.

  1. Old French

    amuser

  2. Middle French

    amusement

  3. English, today

    amusement

Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from und + amuser, from Old French amuser, from und + a-. Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + ment.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

amusement in the wild

  • Video games were introduced in amusement arcades in the late 1970s and were most popular during the golden age of arcade video games, the early 1980s.

    Amusement arcade

  • An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes.

    Amusement park

  • Bakken ("The Hill") in Klampenborg, Denmark, Wurstelprater in Vienna, Austria, and Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark are the three oldest operating amusement parks in the world.

    Amusement park

  • Owned and operated by Six Flags, Cedar Point opened in 1870 and is considered the second-oldest operating amusement park in the country behind Lake Compounce.

    Cedar Point

  • For some, the adrenaline associated with riding amusement rides is part of the experience.

    List of amusement rides

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

From Project Gutenberg, public domain. These sentences are from real books, shown to illustrate the word at work.

Related words

the amuser family

amusingamusementamuseamused

amusement — used about once every 897 pages · #4,290 · point at the bar for the others

  • amusement park