make fun of
verb
Roget 856:
ridicule,
deride,
mock,
taunt;
snigger;
laugh in one's sleeve;
tease
[ridicule lightly],
badinage,
banter,
rally,
chaff,
joke,
twit,
quiz,
roast;
haze [U.S.];
tehee†;
fleer†;
show up.
play upon,
play tricks upon;
fool to the top of one's bent;
laugh at,
grin at,
smile at;
poke fun at.
satirize,
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty.
turn into ridicule;
make merry with;
make fun of,
make game of,
make a fool of,
make an April fool of†;
rally;
scoff
etc.
(disrespect)
929.
raise a laugh
etc.
(amuse)
840;
play the fool,
make a fool of oneself.
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Roget 842:
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
etc.
(amuse)
840.
retort;
banter
etc.
(ridicule)
856;
ridentem dicere verum [Lat.];
joke at one's expense.
take in jest.
[make a joke which is not funny]
bomb,
fall flat;
go over like a lead balloon.
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Moby thesaurus: be merry with, crack a joke, crack wise, deride, fleer at, fun, gibe at, grin at, hold in derision, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, kid around, laugh at, laugh to scorn, make a funny, make fun, make game of, make merry with, mock, pan, pillory, play on words, point at, poke fun at, pun, put one on, quip, rag, razz, ride, ridicule, roast, scintillate, scoff at, smile at, snicker at, snigger at, sparkle, utter a mot, wisecrack ... show more.
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