Make Fun

Definition: Make Fun

Make Fun

Verb

1. Subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Make Fun

Ridicule

Turn into ridicule; make merry with; make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; rally; scoff; (disrespect).

Wit

Verb: joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes; perpetrate a joke; pun, perpetrate a pun; make fun of, make merry with; kid, kid around, fool around; set the table in a roar; (amuse).

Crosswords: Make Fun

Now Mr. Frodo, don't make fun; I was being serious (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

First of all, don't make fun of the weather here, and don't say the weather is the same all the time here (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

Hey, don't make fun of my height (Thank God It's Friday; writing credit: Armyan Bernstein)

Since she made fun of your name, you just make fun of hers (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

I know one shouldn't make fun of deeply-held beliefs (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

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Books

• Overworked and Underplayed? 30 Quick, Easy Ways to Boost Energy, Defuse Tension and Make FUN of Life! (reference)

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I make fun of your perfections, excellences, and good qualities

It was his own name that he should have made fun of if he wanted to make fun.

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Expressions using "make fun": make fun of ♦ to make fun of. Additional references.

Albanian

tallem (flout, fool about, fool around, hoax, jape, jeer, joke, laugh at, make fun of, make smb. laugh, make sport of, mock, quiz, scoff), tall (banter, deride, fleer, jeer, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff, taunt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مزح (banter, banting, chaff, fool, frolic, fun, in play, joke, kid, lark, make fun of, rag, skylark, trifle, waggle), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

подбивам (beat down, injure, kid, make fun of, underbid, undercut, undermine), подигравам се на (dig, joke, laugh at, make fun of, monkey, poke fun at, taunt), подигравам (bosh, fool, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule, roast, send up). (various references)

Chinese 

開玩笑 (to joke, to make fun of, to play a joke), 開心 (to feel happy, to have a great time, to make fun of somebody), 尋開心 (to make fun of). (various references)

Czech

žertovat (banter, fool, fool around, jest, joke, play tricks, trifle). (various references)

Dutch

spotten (jeer at, make fun of, mock), honen (jeer at, make fun of, mock), bespotten (deride, jeer at, make fun of, mock, quip, ridicule). (various references)

Esperanto

moki (jeer at, make fun of, mock). (various references)

Faeroese

háða (jeer at, make fun of, mock). (various references)

Finnish

pilailla (banter, chaff), laskea leikkiä (jest, joke). (various references)

French

plaisanter. (various references)

German

zum lachen bringen, Späße (sprees), sich vergnügen (disport, enjoy oneself, to enjoy), sich erheitern, sich ergötzen (be amused, be glad, disport, take delight), sich belustigen (amuse oneself, laugh), sich amüsieren (enjoy oneself, gallivant, have a good time, have fun, to amuse oneself). (various references)

Greek 

εμπαίζω (deride, laugh at, mock, quiz, rally, scoff, sneer). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללעו�' (deride, gibe, guy, jeer, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer), ל�"תלוצץ על חשבו� ו (make fun of, poke fun at). (various references)

Hungarian

kinevet valakit (laugh at, laugh out, make fun of). (various references)

Indonesian

mengelakari (make fun of), ejek (make fun of, mock, redicule), ece (kid, make a fool of, make fun of). (various references)

Italian

gabbare (cheat, dupe, gull). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

茶茶�'入れる (to make fun of, to tease), 茶化す (to make fun of, to poke fun at), 茶々�'入れる (to make fun of, to tease), 馬鹿にする (to look down on, to make fun of, to make light of), 舐める (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to taste, to treat with contempt), 翻弄 (make fun of, make sport of, trifle with), 混ぜ�"す (to banter, to jeer at, to make fun of, to stir up), 揶揄う (to banter with, to make fun of, to ridicule, to tease), 冷やかす (to banter, to cool, to jeer at, to make fun of, to refrigerate), 巫山戯る (to flirt, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to make fun of, to romp), 嬲る (to make fun of, to make sport of, to tease), 嘗める (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to taste, to treat with contempt), 不山戯る (to flirt, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to make fun of, to romp). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なぶる (to make fun of, to make sport of, to tease), なめる (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to taste, to treat with contempt), ひやかす (to banter, to cool, to jeer at, to make fun of, to refrigerate), まぜかえす (to banter, to jeer at, to make fun of, to stir up), ふざける (to flirt, to frolic, to gambol, to joke, to make fun of, to romp), ばかにする (to look down on, to make fun of, to make light of), ほ�"ろう (make fun of, make sport of, trifle with), からかう (to banter with, to make fun of, to ridicule, to tease), ちゃかす (to make fun of, to poke fun at), ちゃちゃ�'いれる (to make fun of, to tease). (various references)

Pig Latin

akemay unfay.(various references)

Polish

szydzić (jeer at, make fun of, mock). (various references)

Portuguese

zombar (banter, bemock, deride, engirdle, fool, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jeer at, jest, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer, twit), escarnecer (deride, engirdle, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jeer at, jibe, laugh, make fun of, mock, scoff), caçoar (jeer at, jest, joke, make fun of, mock). (various references)

Romanian

râde de (laugh at, make fun of), a-şi bate joc de (ballyrag, deride, have a fling at, hold in derision, lash, make fun of, mock, scamp, sneer, sport, trifle). (various references)

Russian 

высмеивать (deride, jape, make a game of, make fun of, make game of, mock, razz, satirize). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sprdati se (mock). (various references)

Spanish

reírse de (laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, poke fun at), chancearse de (banter, make fun of), burlarse de (banter, deride, flout, gibe, jibe, laugh at, make fun of, make play of, mock, quiz, rib). (various references)

Sranan

spotu (gag, jeer at, joke, make fun of, mock). (various references)

Swedish

gäckas med (make fun of). (various references)

Turkish

eğlenmek (amuse oneself, be amused, disport oneself, fool, frolic, get a ball out of smth., go on a spree, have a good time, have fun, laugh away, make merry, make merry over, recreate oneself, revel, rollick, sport). (various references)

Ukrainian

висміювати (befool, caricature, deride, droll, jape, make fun of, mock, quip, satirize). (various references)

Welsh

cael hwyl am ben (make fun of). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: unmake.

-2 letters: fanum, kenaf.

-3 letters: amen, fake, fame, fane, faun, fume, funk, kame, kane, kuna, kune, make, mane, maun, mean, menu, name, nema, neuk, neum, nuke.

-4 letters: amu, ane, auk, eau, emf, emu, fan, fem, fen, feu, fun, kae, kaf, kea, kef, ken, kue, mae, man, men, mun, nae, nam, uke.

-5 letters: ae, am, an.