noun
1 feeling of wanting to laugh
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , much ( esp. BrE )
▪ faint , mild
▪ quiet
▪ ironic , wry
▪ genuine , obvious , real
▪ personal
▪
He kept the diaries for his own personal ~.
… OF AMUSEMENT
▪ glimmer
▪ hint , note , trace
▪
There was a note of ~ in her voice.
VERB + AMUSEMENT
▪ afford sb ( formal ), cause ( esp. BrE ), provide
▪
I am happy to have afforded you some ~.
▪ derive , find , get
▪
He seemed to be deriving ~ from her discomfort.
▪ show
▪ conceal , hide
AMUSEMENT + VERB
▪ show
▪
A glimmer of ~ showed in her eyes.
PREPOSITION
▪ for (sb's) ~
▪
What do you do for ~ around here?
▪
The play was written for the ~ of the other students.
▪ in ~
▪
Her wide mouth twitched in ~.
▪ to sb's ~
▪
Much to their ~, I couldn't get the door open.
▪ with ~
▪
She chuckled with ~.
PHRASES
▪ a source of ~
▪
His son was a constant source of ~ to him.
2 sth that makes time pass pleasantly
ADJECTIVE
▪ popular
▪
She disapproved of popular ~s such as fairs.
AMUSEMENT + NOUN
▪ arcade ( BrE ), park
▪
an amusement-park ride
▪ machine ( BrE )