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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An avalanche of memes online made fun of its design, and likened it to Jaguar’s widely lamented rebranding from late 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Tyrone Mings made fun of Elliott's whereabouts on social media after Salzburg last week, posting a popular meme involving Ian Wright and a former teacher he thought had passed away.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Like you have to pass through that if you’re serious and you have to be willing to be criticized, to be made fun of.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Although everybody, including me, made fun of him, I was pretty certain he was some sort of a genius.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam