amusements

[A*museĀ·ment]

Amusement is a feeling of being entertained and happy. Just think about how you feel when you visit an amusement park, and you will get the idea.

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Deep thought; muse.

Noun
a diversion that holds the attention

Noun
a feeling of delight at being entertained


n.
Deep thought; muse.

n.
The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.


Amusement

A*muse"ment , n. [Cf. F. amusement.] 1. Deep thought; muse. [Obs.]
Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs.
2. The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.
His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening.
Syn. -- Diversion; entertainment; recreation; relaxation; pastime; sport.

Deep thought; muse.

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Usage Examples

That's a hobby of mine - to do whatever I can for unusual for-hire creative projects. I am waiting for someone to really challenge me - obviously I'm often approached to do film related work, but I would be very happy to design a bar or an amusement park ride. I would love to be an imagineer!

My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone?

At Current, television is all we do - that's our business. We don't have amusement parks I have to worry about, we don't have environmental cases against us, we don't have a series of outdoor-advertising companies.

While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.

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Other Usage Examples

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.

Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is 'fairy lights,' which we boringly refer to as 'Christmas lights.'

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