Amusement and Humour

Amusement

Amusement noun - The act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public.

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Humour and amusement are semantically related In some cases you can use "Humour" instead a noun "Amusement".

Nearby Words: amusing, amuse, amused

Humour noun - The quality of being funny.

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Amusement and humour are semantically related in comedy topic. Sometimes you can use "Amusement" instead a noun "Humour".

Nearby Words: humor, humouring, humorous, humourless, humored

pure	pure amusement	pure humour
dry	dry amusement	dry humour
sly	sly amusement	sly humour
great	great amusement	great humour
Other adjectives: dark, cruel, sexual, deranged, silly, general, further, extra, occasional, visual, added.

He did, and showed a sense of humour as well by holding up the middle finder to the amusement of the whole hospital.

Source: Series / Monday Mornings
According to The Other Wiki, he even took the spoof in good humour and was known to sing the song for the amusement of his friends.

Source: Modern Major General
It is very popular with young children, but as they grow up, they tend to find greater amusement in more witty jokes (at least, most of them do), and toilet humour is generally regarded with great dislike from the eyes of the mature audience.

Source: Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor

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