entertained
Meaning of entertained
- provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
a tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the crowd
- give attention or consideration to (an idea or feeling).
Washington entertained little hope of an early improvement in relations
late Middle English: from French entretenir, based on Latin inter ‘among’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The word originally meant ‘maintain, continue’, later ‘maintain in a certain condition, treat in a certain way’, also ‘show hospitality’ (late 15th century).
Information about entertained
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of entertained
en-ter-tained
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- entertained is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
entertained synonyms
Meaning amused:
Meaning cause (someone) to find something funny:
Meaning entertain or amuse:
Meaning prevent (someone) from concentrating on something:
Meaning please (someone) greatly:
Meaning satisfy aesthetically:
Meaning delight greatly:
Meaning shout for joy or in praise or encouragement:
Meaning help (time) pass pleasantly:
Meaning excite the curiosity or attention of (someone):
Meaning attract the strong attention and interest of (someone):
Meaning capture the fascinated attention of:
Meaning occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention):
Meaning have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result:
Meaning fill or preoccupy (the mind):
Meaning take up the attention of (someone); interest greatly:
Meaning dip or submerge in a liquid:
Meaning absorb all the attention or interest of:
Meaning (of a matter or subject) dominate or engross the mind of (someone) to the exclusion of other thoughts:
Meaning think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision:
Meaning look thoughtfully for a long time at:
Meaning admit as acceptable or possible:
Meaning allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference:
Meaning a small stream:
Meaning experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant):
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
entertained antonyms
Meaning make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging:
Meaning dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty:
Anagrams of entertained
Words that rhyme with entertained
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