make fun of

English

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 Wikisaurus:ridicule

Translations

tease, ridicule

• Aromanian: shupãr (rup)
• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: moki (eo)
• Finnish: pitää pilkkanaan, pilkata, irvailla
• French: bafouer (fr), se moquer de (fr), se foutre de la gueule de (fr), se moquer de (fr)
• German: sich lustig machen über
• Japanese: からかう (ja) (karakau), バカにする (ja) (baka ni suru)

• Jèrriais: motchi
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: گالته‌پێکردن, رابواردن

• Latin: dērīdeō (la)
• Romanian: batjocori (ro)
• Russian: высмеивать (ru) (vysméivat') impf., высмеять (ru) (výsmejat') pf., насмехаться (ru) (nasmexát'sja) impf.
• Telugu: ఆట పట్టించు (aaTa paTTiMchu)
• Turkish: alay etmek (tr), dalga geçmek (tr)

See also

• make light of