Meanings
verbmake game of (third-person singular simple present makes game of, present participle making game of, simple past and past participle made game of)
present singular third person makes game of · participle present making game of · participle past made game of · past made game of
- idiomaticTo ridicule; to make fun of.
But they did not stop. The woman and the man only looked in great rage at the smith for making game of them.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 275Synonyms: make a laughingstock of, make fun of
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo ridicule; to make fun of.
Similar
make a laughingstock ofmake fun of
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 嘲笑, 戲弄 /戏弄
- 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)to make fun of
- 戲弄 /戏弄 (xìnòng)to make fun of
- 諷刺 /讽刺 (fěngcì)to make fun of
- 拿……開玩笑 /拿……开玩笑 (ná ... kāi wánxiào)to make fun of
- 開涮 /开涮 (kāishuàn)to make fun of
- 冷嘲熱諷 /冷嘲热讽 (lěngcháorèfěng)to make fun of
Finnish pilkata
- pilkatato make fun of
Māori whakangako
- whakangakoto make fun of
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