fun — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

   Gebrauch

   • nicht zählbar

   Synonyme

   amusementdiversionenjoymenta laughpleasure

   Beispiele

   Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.

2. Playful, often noisy, activity.

   Gebrauch

   • nicht zählbar

   Synonyme

   boisterousnesshorseplayrough and tumble

Adjektiv

1. Enjoyable or amusing.

   Beispiele

   We had a fun time at the party.

   He is such a fun person to be with.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   He's the liberated character that everyone wants to be, so he was very fun to play

2. Whimsical or flamboyant.

   Gebrauch

   • informell

   Beispiele

   This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

Verb

1. To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich

   Beispiele

   Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

Substantiv

1. activities that are enjoyable or amusing

   Synonyme

   merrimentplayfulness

   Oberbegriffe

   diversionrecreation

   Beispiele

   I do it for the fun of it

   he is fun to have around

2. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

   Synonyme

   playsport

   Oberbegriffe

   withumorhumourwitticismwittiness

   Beispiele

   he became a figure of fun

   he said it in sport

3. violent and excited activity

   Oberbegriffe

   activity

   Beispiele

   she asked for money and then the fun began

4. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

   Synonyme

   playfulness

   Oberbegriffe

   frivolityfrivolousness

   Beispiele

   her playfulness surprised me

   he was fun to be with