AMUSEMENT

[noun] [U]Amusement is the feeling of being entertained or made to laugh. She looked at him with amusement.I looked on in amusement as they started to argue.The president's utterances, with their twisted syntax, missing nouns and pronouns, have long been a source of amusement.Carl came last in the race, (much) to my amusement/to my (great) amusement.I play the piano just for my own amusement (= to entertain myself not other people).Amusements are activities that you can take part in for entertainment.There was a range of fairground amusements, including rides, stalls and competitions.An amusement arcade is a place in which you can pay to play games on machines.(US and ANZ) An amusement park is a funfair or a theme park See at theme.