made fun of

VERB

poke fun at

Synonyms

WEAK

burlesque deride heckle kid lampoon make sport of mock parody ridicule satirize tease

Example Sentences

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Newsom made fun of Trump for appearing to accidentally refer to the governor as president.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

In fact, he’s made fun of originalism before.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

She made fun of my haranguing her for carrying her own luggage off trains, and I poked fun at her for habitually asking whether we were on the right train.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

“Usually I was very invisible, made fun of, not the one that people saw as this interesting and cool person,” Ishmael said.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

We couldn’t walk well, so we just hobbled around the hut and made fun of each other to avoid boredom.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah