make fun of

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make fun of

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Recorded 1737. Preserves the older meaning of fun, from Middle English fon, fonne (“foolish, simple, silly”),

fun (c. 1700) meaning "a cheat, trick, hoax", from a verb fun meaning "to cheat, trick" (1680s).

verb makes fun of · making fun of · made fun of

idiomatic, informal To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner. Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her!
Similar: bust on, deride, make sport of, poke fun at, befool, chaff, disparage, forgab, frump, gleek, jape, jeer

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verb tease, ridicule

Español	burlarse de, mofarse, pitorrearse, recochinearse, chotearse, lornear
한국어	놀리다 nollida, 비웃다 biutda
日本語	からかう karakau, バカにする baka ni suru, 冷やかす hiyakasu, 嘲笑う azawarau, 嘲笑する chōshō suru
中文	嘲笑 cháoxiào, 戲弄 /戏弄 xìnòng, 諷刺 /讽刺 fěngcì, 拿……開玩笑 /拿……开玩笑 ná ... kāi wánxiào, 冷嘲熱諷 /冷嘲热讽 lěngcháorèfěng
Português	tirar sarro de, zoar de, caçoar de, gozar com, fazer pouco de
Français	se moquer de, se foutre de la gueule de, ridiculiser
Deutsch	sich lustig machen über, verspotten, auslachen
Italiano	burlare, sbeffeggiare
Română	batjocori, ași bate joc de, face mișto de, lua la mișto
Русский	высме́ивать vysméivatʹ, вы́смеять výsmejatʹ, насмеха́ться nasmexátʹsja
العربية	سَخِرَ saḵira, اِسْتَهْزَأَ istahzaʔa

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@misc{make_fun_of_2026,
  title = {make fun of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20fun%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}