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   fun

   /fʌn/

   noun

   • 1. enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure: "the children were having fun in the play area" Similar pleasureentertainmentenjoymentamusementexcitementgratificationjollificationmerrymakingleisurerelaxationreliefrespiterestrefreshmentrecreationdiversiondistractiongood timegreat timeinformal:R and R (rest and recreation)living it upjunketinga ballwhoopeebeer and skittlesmerrimentcheerfulnesscheerinesscheerjoyjollityjovialityjocularityhigh spiritsgaietymirthmirthfulnesslaughterhilaritygleegladnesslight-heartednesslevityvivacitylivelinessexuberanceebulliencebuoyancyperkinesszestsunninessbrightnessenthusiasmvibrancyvividnessvitalityenergyvigourvimdated:sportOpposite boredommisery
   • ▪ a source of fun: "people-watching is great fun" Similar ridiculederisionmockerylaughterscornscoffingcontemptjokingjokesjestingjeeringsneeringjibingteasingtauntingragginglampooningOpposite respect
   • ▪ playfulness or good humour: "she's full of fun"
   • ▪ behaviour or an activity that is intended purely for amusement and should not be interpreted as having any serious or malicious purpose: "the column's just a bit of fun"

   adjective

   • 1. amusing, entertaining, or enjoyable: informal "it was a fun evening" Similar enjoyableamusingdivertingpleasurablepleasingagreeableinterestingentertaininglivelyamusingfun-lovingwittyconvivialclubbableOpposite boringserious
   • ▪ (of a place or event) providing entertainment or leisure activities for children: informal "a school fun day"

   verb

   • 1. joke or tease: informal North American "no need to get sore—I was only funning"

   Word Origin late 17th century (denoting a trick or hoax): from obsolete fun ‘to cheat or hoax’, dialect variant of late Middle English fon ‘make a fool of, be a fool’, related to fon ‘a fool’, of unknown origin. Compare with fond.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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