amused

a·muse  (-myz)

tr.v. a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es

1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion.

2. To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure: I was not amused by his jokes.

3. Archaic To delude or deceive.

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[Middle English, from Old French amuser, to stupefy : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + muser, to stare stupidly; see muse.]

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a·musa·ble adj.

a·muser n.

Synonyms: amuse, entertain, divert, regale
These verbs refer to actions that provide pleasure, especially as a means of passing time. Amuse, the least specific, implies directing attention away from serious matters: I amused myself with a game of solitaire.
Entertain suggests acts undertaken to furnish amusement: "They [timetables and catalogs] are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written" (W. Somerset Maugham).
Divert implies distraction from worrisome thought or care: "I had neither Friends or Books to divert me" (Richard Steele).
To regale is to entertain with something enormously enjoyable: "He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman" (David Rosenzweig).

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

amused - pleasantly occupied; "We are not amused" -Queen Victoria diverted, entertained pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure

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amused

noun entertained, interested, involved, occupied, engaged, absorbed, diverted, beguiled, engrossed She was not amused by his teasing.

Translations

amused [əˈmjuːzd] adj

(finding something funny) → amusé(e)
He was not amused → Il n'a pas apprécié.
to be amused by sth, to be amused at sth → être amusé(e) par qch
He was most amused by the story
BUT L'histoire l'a beaucoup amusé.
to be amused to see that ... → être amusé(e) de voir que ...

(= entertained, occupied) to keep sb amused → distraire qn

amused

adj person, look, smile, attitude → amüsiert; she seemed amused at my suggestion → sie schien über meinen Vorschlag amüsiert (zu sein); I was amused to see/hear that … → es hat mich amüsiert zu sehen/hören, dass …; the teacher shouldn’t appear to be amused by the pupils’ mistakes → der Lehrer sollte es sich nicht anmerken lassen, dass ihn die Fehler der Schüler amüsieren; to keep somebody amused → jdn unterhalten, jdm die Zeit vertreiben; give him his toys, that’ll keep him amused → gib ihm sein Spielzeug, dann ist er friedlich; to keep oneself amused → sich (dat) → die Zeit vertreiben; he was anything but amused to find the door locked → er fand es keineswegs or durchaus nicht komisch, dass die Tür verschlossen war; we are not amused (hum) → das ist nicht besonders komisch; I am not amused (hum) → ich finde das nicht lustig