Meaning & use

make fun

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To mock, tease, or ridicule someone or something, usually with the preposition 'of.'

See it in a sentence

The kids stopped making fun of him once they realized how much it hurt.

It's easy to make fun of the plan, but no one has offered a better one.

A note on using this word

'Make fun of' is always followed by 'of' before the target of the teasing.

Words with a similar meaning

mockteaseridicule

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Words with an opposite meaning

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