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  • past tense form of amuse.
  • past participle of amuse.
Definitions

amused

[uh-myoozd] / əˈmjuzd /
ADJECTIVE
pleasantly occupied
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
Antonyms


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Judge Julie Mata, who was presiding over the paternity case, wasn’t as amused.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

And last year, four decades after first documenting life in Lacock, he again turned his flat but amused and sympathetic eye on the picturesque village to capture the smallest details of everyday life.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

As it all went down, Wembanyama looks somewhat amused; Robinson does not.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

I was more amused by Mom’s insistence that the stray ten-dollar bill I found in the laundry room was money I had earned.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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