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单词 make fun of something or someone
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to ridicule or tease
Don't make fun of me!
Synonyms
mock
I thought you were mocking me.
tease
He teased me mercilessly about going there.
ridicule
I admire her for allowing them to ridicule her.
poke fun at
take off
rag
She was ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.
rib (informal)
laugh at
taunt
Other youths taunted him about his clothes.
mimic
parody
It was easy to parody his rather pompous manner of speaking.
deride
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
send up (British, informal)
scoff at
sneer at
lampoon
He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
make a fool of
pour scorn on
take the mickey out of (British, informal)
take the piss out of (taboo, slang)
satirize
The newspaper satirized our political leaders.
pull someone's leg
Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg.
hold up to ridicule
make a monkey of
make sport of
make the butt of
make game of
See fun

Additional synonyms

in the sense of deride
Definition
to speak of or treat with contempt or ridicule
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
Synonyms
mock,
ridicule,
scorn,
knock (informal),
insult,
taunt,
sneer,
jeer,
disdain,
scoff,
detract,
flout,
disparage,
chaff,
gibe,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
pooh-pooh,
contemn
in the sense of lampoon
Definition
to ridicule and criticize (someone) in a lampoon
He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
Synonyms
ridicule,
mock,
mimic,
parody,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
take off (informal),
make fun of,
squib,
burlesque,
satirize,
pasquinade,
take the piss (out of) (informal)
in the sense of parody
Definition
to make a parody of
It was easy to parody his rather pompous manner of speaking.
Synonyms
take off (informal),
mimic,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
spoof (informal),
travesty,
lampoon,
poke fun at,
burlesque,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
satirize,
do a takeoff of (informal)

Nearby words of
make fun of something or someone

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  • make good on something
  • make haste

Synonyms of 'make fun of something or someone'

make fun of something or someone

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pull someone's leg
Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg.
Synonyms
tease,
joke,
trick,
fool,
kid (informal),
have (someone) on,
rag,
rib (informal),
wind up (British, slang),
deceive,
hoax,
make fun of,
poke fun at,
twit,
chaff,
lead up the garden path,
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
in the sense of rag
Definition
to tease
She was ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.
Synonyms
tease,
provoke,
needle (informal),
mock,
bait,
rib (informal),
wind up (British, slang),
torment,
ridicule,
taunt,
goad,
take the mickey (out of) (informal),
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
gibe,
pull someone's leg (informal),
jerk or yank someone's chain (informal)
in the sense of ridicule
Definition
to make fun of or mock
I admire her for allowing them to ridicule her.
Synonyms
laugh at,
mock,
make fun of,
make a fool of,
humiliate,
taunt,
sneer at,
parody,
caricature,
jeer at,
scoff at,
deride,
send up (British, informal),
lampoon,
poke fun at,
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
chaff,
take the mickey out of (informal),
satirize,
pooh-pooh,
laugh out of court,
make a monkey out of,
make someone a laughing stock,
laugh to scorn
in the sense of satirize
Definition
to ridicule (a person or thing) by means of satire
The newspaper satirized our political leaders.
Synonyms
ridicule,
parody,
send up (British, informal),
take off (informal),
criticize,
deride,
travesty,
pillory,
lampoon,
burlesque,
diss (slang),
hold up to ridicule
in the sense of taunt
Definition
to tease or provoke (someone) with jeering remarks
Other youths taunted him about his clothes.
Synonyms
jeer,
mock,
tease,
ridicule,
provoke,
insult,
torment,
sneer,
deride,
revile,
twit,
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
guy (informal),
gibe
in the sense of tease
Definition
to make fun of (someone) in a provocative and often playful manner
He teased me mercilessly about going there.
Synonyms
mock,
bait,
wind up (British, slang),
worry,
bother,
provoke,
annoy,
needle (informal),
plague (informal),
rag,
rib (informal),
torment,
ridicule,
taunt,
aggravate (informal),
badger,
pester,
vex,
goad,
bedevil,
take the mickey out of (informal),
twit,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
chaff,
guy (informal),
gibe,
pull someone's leg (informal),
make fun of
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