entertained

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛntɚˈteɪnd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛntəˈteɪnd/
• Rhymes: -eɪnd
• Hyphenation: en‧ter‧tained

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

entertained (comparative more entertained, superlative most entertained)

1. Enjoying to having enjoyed entertainments; amused.
   • 2015, A. J. Swoboda, A Glorious Dark:

     That is the American way; we are without question the most entertained people in the world .

   • 2018, Lucifer Jeremy White, Book Three of the Five Planets:

     They are far more entertained by films than even we on Earth .

   • 2024, E.M. Scott, The Missing and the Dead:

     You must have been very entertained watching us look for her.

Derived terms

• overentertained
• unentertained

Verb

entertained

1. simple past and past participle of entertain

Anagrams

• intenerated