Meanings
comparative more unamused · superlative most unamused
- Not amused; thus often offended or put off.
I cracked a joke, but she was unamused.
1 more example
Claire, however, sat looking profoundly unamused by her family’s spirited, italicized conversations.
1991, Douglas Coupland, “It Can't Last”, in Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 34Synonyms: jokeproof, off-putting, funny as a dose of the clap, jokeless, humorless, irrisible, laughless, mirthless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot amused; thus often offended or put off.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Old Frencha-
- Medieval Latinmusumder.?
- Old Frenchmuser
- Old Frenchamuser
- Middle English*amusen
- Englishamuse
- Englishamused
- Englishunamused
Cite this entry
unamused. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unamused
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