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make a monkey out of

make a monkey out of verb: to cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.
    • The rough old sealer swore some terrible oaths, protesting "that he would not make a monkey of himself, by appearing in this garb."1835, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 10, in The Monikins
    • Across France last week, doctors were trying to make a monkey of the government-controlled health-insurance system. . . . Doctors in many départements went on informal strike.1960 May 30, “Vive la R”, in Time

make a monkey out of meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

make a monkey out of in Bengali

কোনো ব্যক্তি

make a monkey out of in Malayalam

make a fool of, make someone look foolish, make a laughing stock of
വിഡ്ഢിയാക്കുക, നാണംകെടുത്തുക, വിഡ്ഢിവേഷം കെട്ടിക്കുക, ചെണ്ടകൊട്ടിക്കുക, പരിഹാസ്യനാക്കിക്കാണിക്കുക, ഉപഹസിക്കുക

Forms of make a monkey out of

third-person singular presentmakes a monkey out of
present participlemaking a monkey out of
past participlemade a monkey out of
pastmade a monkey out of
alternative formmake a monkey of

Questions about make a monkey out of

What does make a monkey out of mean?
Make a monkey out of means to cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.
What is make a monkey out of in Bengali?
Make a monkey out of in Bengali is কোনো ব্যক্তি. See Make a monkey out of meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is make a monkey out of?
Make a monkey out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make a monkey out of?
The past tense of make a monkey out of is made a monkey out of.

Words near make a monkey out of in the dictionary

  1. make a meal of
  2. make a meal out of
  3. make a mistake
  4. make a mockery of
  5. make a monkey of
  6. make a monkey out of
  7. make a mountain out of a molehill
  8. make a move
  9. make a muscle
  10. make a name for oneself
  11. make a night of it

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make a monkey out of (page history and authors); make a monkey out of (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); make a monkey out of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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