laughingstock
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈlæfɪŋstɑk/
- Offensive
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- After his embarrassing speech, he became the laughingstock of the party.
- become a laughingstock
We had the Middle East, we were the laughingstock.
- We had the Middle East, we were the laughingstock.
- Well, he is, you know, but we are the laughingstock, you know, they, they, they don't respect us anymore.
- The Supreme Court is a laughingstock.
- Third, you're going to be a laughingstock in a month and depressed and aimless and and goalless.
- So he would have an argument, but out of a sense that it's seemingly so imbalanced already that the Second Amendment is already a laughingstock, right?
- And, and So what what happened is, you know, we've been the laughingstock for the most part of our NFL existence.
Examples
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The network's mishaps have made it a laughingstock, while rival network MSNBC just keeps growing.
Blog text (23) -
We cannot maintain authority if we are laughingstocks!
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We will be the laughingstock of the town.
Fiction book (1994) -
No, do you want me to be a laughingstock?
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All I know is we're being made a laughingstock.
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I'm gonna be the laughingstock of the ladies on Sullivan Lane!
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We'd be the laughingstock of the country if we went home on account of cold.
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Nate Silver is likely to be the laughingstock of this election cycle.
Blog text (8) -
Carl had shaved him almost completely bald, and he had been the laughingstock of his classroom for weeks.
Fiction book (1991) -
If I didn't come through, I'd be turned into a laughingstock, the butt of every joke for the next twenty-seven years.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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4.9
A person or thing people do not take seriously
151
6.3
A person who others make jokes about to laugh at
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7.9
A person others make fun of or who does what they are told
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8.8
A person who is blamed or teased by others in a group
Antonyms
How Ridiculed
- Offensive
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5.5
- Informal
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word laughingstock comes from laugh + stock, where stock once meant a 'post' or 'object' used to shame people in public, giving the image of someone put up for others to laugh at. So a laughingstock is a person or thing that others make fun of.