make fun of

English

Etymology

Recorded 1737. Preserves the older meaning of fun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English fon, fonne (“foolish, simple, silly”), fun (c. 1700) meaning "a cheat, trick, hoax", from a verb fun meaning "to cheat, trick" (1680s).

Pronunciation

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Verb

make fun of (third-person singular simple present makes fun of, present participle making fun of, simple past and past participle made fun of)

1. (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!

Synonyms

• (to ridicule): make sport of, poke fun at, mock, deride
• See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Translations

tease, ridicule

• Aromanian: shupãr
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘲笑 (zh) (cháoxiào), 戲弄／戏弄 (zh) (xìnòng), 戏弄 (zh) (xìnòng), (formal) 諷刺／讽刺 (zh) (fěngcì), 讽刺 (zh) (fěngcì), (colloquial) 拿...開玩笑／拿...开玩笑 (zh), 拿...开玩笑 (zh) (ná... kāi wánxiào), (colloquial, Northern Mandarin) 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn), 开涮 (kāishuàn)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: moki
• Finnish: pitää pilkkanaan (fi), pilkata (fi), irvailla
• French: se moquer de (fr), se foutre de la gueule de (fr)
• Galician: burlarse
• German: sich lustig machen über, verspotten (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: προσπαίζω (prospaízō), χλευάζω (khleuázō)

• Hungarian: kigúnyol (hu), gúnyol (hu), tréfát űz
• Italian: burlare (it), sbeffeggiare (it)
• Japanese: からかう (ja) (karakau), バカにする (baka ni suru)
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• Korean: 놀리다 (ko) (nollida)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

• Latin: dērīdeō, cavillor
• Ngazidja Comorian: utseshea, urema seho
• Norman: motchi
• Old English: bismerian, tō gamene dōn
• Portuguese: tirar sarro de, zoar de (Brazil), caçoar de
• Romanian: batjocori (ro), a-și bate joc de
• Russian: высме́ивать (ru) impf (vysméivatʹ), вы́смеять (ru) pf (výsmejatʹ), насмеха́ться (ru) impf (nasmexátʹsja)
• Spanish: burlarse (es), mofarse (es), pitorrearse (es), recochinearse (es)
• Swedish: göra narr av (sv), håna (sv)
• Telugu: ఆట పట్టించు (te) (āṭa paṭṭiñcu)
• Thai: ล้อ (th) (lɔ́ɔ)
• Turkish: alay etmek (tr), dalga geçmek (tr)

See also

• make light of