DISPORTED Synonyms: 210 Similar and Opposite Words

disported

verb

past tense of disport

as in amused

to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied disported themselves with silly games while they waited in the airport

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as in played

to engage in activity for amusement a full-service resort where vacationers may disport at a variety of indoor and outdoor activities

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as in danced

to play and run about happily the puppies disported in the backyard while we ate on the patio

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as in displayed

to present so as to invite notice or attention football fans triumphantly disported the sports memorabilia for which they had just paid extravagant prices

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Luk, an only child who grew up surrounded by cousins, was amused by the way relatives can inhabit incompatible versions of the same history.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
He was amused by the national attention and the assumption that Iran was behind the cyberattack.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of amused

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My model is concentrated on the last 24 rounds played, and includes driving distance, strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained around the green, strokes gained putting, and strokes gained on par 3s longer than 200 yards.

— Dennis Esser, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
View this post on Instagram Alyson Stoner Alyson Stoner, who also played Kairi in Kingdom Hearts, shared an emotional, heartfelt video mourning the loss of Panettiere.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of played

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While helicopters scattered miniature red roses over the crowd, priests in white robes celebrated Mass and the popular Mazowsze folk ensemble sang and danced to traditional Polish music.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The best part was the crew of dragonflies that danced around the summit.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of danced

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Don't assume that the date prominently displayed on a collection notice represents the debt's original delinquency date, though.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
And much of the film unfolds as text displayed on the screen, with Béatrice (Anne-Laure Sellier) poring over decades of historical documents that the filmmakers translate for us.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of displayed

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Disneyland will invite longtime fans to take a nostalgic trip down memory lane next year with a fireworks show, parade and nighttime spectacular that entertained visitors over the past two decades.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026
The idea is one of extension, of continuing the thread of modernity, of constantly making new again and again—maintaining continuity against so many distractions, ignoring the jewelry-rattlers who want to be entertained in the fancy theatah.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of entertained

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Volunteers then partially recreated Warhol’s studio protocol by applying urine to the mockups with pipettes.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Identify where information enters, where judgment is required, where decisions are delayed and where the same data is recreated.

— Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of recreated

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The sight of Howe leading his players around the ground as Sunderland cavorted in front of their supporters, high in level seven, was excruciating.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Andy Samberg cavorted on behalf of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, dressed as some sort of off-kilter Neil Diamond wanna-be.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026

Definition of cavorted

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Tufts said throughout her testimony that Clancy never exhibited any signs of psychosis or mania during her treatment.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
In the past, Cerio’s work has been exhibited at the MAXXI Museum in Rome as part of an installation curated by artist Alex Da Corte.

— News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026

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