Meanings
verbmake a fool of (third-person singular simple present makes a fool of, present participle making a fool of, simple past and past participle made a fool of)
present singular third person makes a fool of · participle present making a fool of · participle past made a fool of · past made a fool of · alternative make a fool out of
- transitiveTo cause (someone) to seem foolish.
I've made a prize fool of myself.
Synonyms: make a monkey of, make a monkey out of
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cause (someone) to seem foolish.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 出醜 /出丑
- 出醜 /出丑 (chūchǒu)to cause (someone) to seem foolish
Dutch belachelijk maken
- belachelijk makento cause (someone) to seem foolish
French se ridiculiser
- se ridiculiserto cause (someone) to seem foolish
German lächerlich machen
- lächerlich machento cause (someone) to seem foolish
Hindi उल्लू बनाना
- उल्लू बनाना (ullū banānā)to cause (someone) to seem foolish
Hungarian bolondot csinál
- bolondot csinálto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Icelandic gera stólpagrín að
- gera stólpagrín aðto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Irish ceap magaidh a dhéanamh de
- ceap magaidh a dhéanamh deto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Italian ridicolizzare, fare una figuraccia
- ridicolizzareto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- fare una figuracciato cause (someone) to seem foolish
- mettersi in ridicoloto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- esporsi al ridicoloto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Latin lūdificō
- lūdificōto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Polish robić idiotę, zrobić idiotę
- robić idiotęto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- zrobić idiotęto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Romanian face de râs
- face de râsto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Russian де́лать идио́том
- де́лать идио́том (délatʹ idiótom)to cause (someone) to seem foolish
Spanish poner en ridículo, hacer el ridículo
- poner en ridículoto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- hacer el ridículoto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- mandarse un numeritoto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- hacer el osoto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- pelarto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Swedish göra till åtlöje, göra bort
- göra till åtlöjeto cause (someone) to seem foolish
- göra bortto cause (someone) to seem foolish
Tagalog magmukhang-tanga
- magmukhang-tangato cause (someone) to seem foolish
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