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mused
(encz) | mused,hloubal v: Zdeněk Brož |
mused
(encz) | mused,uvažoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
Mused
(gcide) | Muse \Muse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Musing.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand
with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L.
morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See Morsel, and
cf. Amuse, Muzzle, n.]
1. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
"Thereon mused he." --Chaucer.
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He mused upon some dangerous plot. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or
contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things
present; to be in a brown study. --Daniel.
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3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson.
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Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See Ponder.
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bemused
(mass) | bemused
- zmätený |
amused
(encz) | amused,pobavený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
be amused
(encz) | be amused,bavit se be amused,těšit se |
bemused
(encz) | bemused,zmatený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bemusedly
(encz) | bemusedly,zmateně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
mused
(encz) | mused,hloubal v: Zdeněk Brožmused,uvažoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
unamused
(encz) | unamused, |
Amused
(gcide) | Amuse \A*muse"\ ([.a]*m[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amused
([.a]*m[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Amusing.] [F. amuser to
make stay, to detain, to amuse, [`a] (L. ad) + OF. muser. See
Muse, v.]
1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep
thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.]
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Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in
receiving their gold. --Holland.
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Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could
not find the house. --Fuller.
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2. To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with
pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
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A group of children amusing themselves with pushing
stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as
they plunged into the lake. --Gilpin.
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3. To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
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He amused his followers with idle promises.
--Johnson.
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Syn: To entertain; gratify; please; divert; beguile; deceive;
occupy.
Usage: To Amuse, Divert, Entertain. We are amused by
that which occupies us lightly and pleasantly. We are
entertained by that which brings our minds into
agreeable contact with others, as conversation, or a
book. We are diverted by that which turns off our
thoughts to something of livelier interest, especially
of a sportive nature, as a humorous story, or a
laughable incident.
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Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the
faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever
entertains usually awakens the understanding or
gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts is lively
in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its
effects. --Crabb.
[1913 Webster]Amused \A*mused"\, a.
1. Diverted.
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2. Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.
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Unamused
(gcide) | Unamused \Unamused\
See amused. |
amused
(wn) | amused
adj 1: pleasantly occupied; "We are not amused" -Queen Victoria
[syn: amused, diverted, entertained] |
bemused
(wn) | bemused
adj 1: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a
professor listening to the prattling of his freshman
class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" [syn:
bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p),
preoccupied]
2: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt
lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled,
befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea] |
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