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make fun of

make fun of verb: to tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.

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!

make fun of meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Arabic

make fun of in Tamil

tease, ridicule
கிண்டல் செய் kiṇṭal cey, கிண்டு kiṇṭu

make fun of in Telugu

tease, ridicule
ఆట పట్టించు āṭa paṭṭiñcu

make fun of in Malayalam

poke fun at, tease, chaff
അപഹസിക്കുക, പരിഹസിക്കുക, കളിയാക്കുക, ഊശിയാക്കുക, നസ്യം പറയുക, ആക്ഷേപിക്കുക

make fun of in Arabic

tease, ridicule
سَخِرَ saḵira, اِسْتَهْزَأَ istahzaʔa
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make fun of in Thai
ล้อ lɔ́ɔ

Synonyms of make fun of

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Forms of make fun of

third-person singular presentmakes fun of
present participlemaking fun of
past participlemade fun of
pastmade fun of

Origin of make fun of

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).

Questions about make fun of

What does make fun of mean?
Make fun of means to tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
What is make fun of in Tamil?
Make fun of in Tamil is கிண்டல் செய் (kiṇṭal cey), கிண்டு (kiṇṭu). See Make fun of meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is make fun of?
Make fun of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make fun of?
The past tense of make fun of is made fun of.

Words near make fun of in the dictionary

  1. make foul water
  2. make free of
  3. make free with
  4. make friendly
  5. make friends
  6. make fun of
  7. make game of
  8. make garden
  9. make good
  10. make good on
  11. make good one's running

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: make fun of (page history and authors); make fun 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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