An object or cause of scorn or derision.
| 单词 | θ132799 |
| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule (51) hethinga1340 An object or cause of scorn or derision. japing-stickc1380 a laughing-stock, a butt for jokes. laughing stock?1518 An object of derisive laughter or general ridicule. mocking-stock1526 A laughing stock. laughing game1530 (a) = laughing matter n.; (b) = laughing stock, n. (obsolete). jesting-stock1535 An object of jest or ridicule; a laughing-stock. mockage1535 An object of mockery or ridicule; a laughing stock. Obsolete. derision1539 concrete. An object of ridicule; a laughing-stock. sporting stocka1556 a laughing stock; a butt of jokes. game1562 Originally: a butt or object of ridicule, a laughing stock (also with modifying words, as laughing game). Later more generally: something made the… May game1569 An object of sport, jest, or ridicule; a laughing stock; a foolish person; frequently in to make a May game of. Now English regional (south-western). scoffing-stock1571 an object of scoffing. playing stock1579 a butt of jokes, a laughing stock. make-play1592 flouting-stock1593 (a) a butt for flouting, an object of mockery; (b) = flout, n.1 (perhaps the use is a blunder ascribed to the Welsh speaker). sport1598 With of, †to. An object of amusement, mockery, ridicule, etc.; a plaything, a laughing stock; the butt of a joke. bauchle1600 A mess, a muddle; (hence) a source of ridicule or derision, a laughing stock. Chiefly (and earliest) in to make a bauchle of: to treat with… jest1606 An object of or matter for jesting or derision; a laughing-stock. butt1607 figurative. Cf. sense 2b. An object of derision, abuse, or (esp.) ridicule. Now usually in the butt of a (also the) joke. Frequently with reference… make-sport1611 A person who or thing which provides sport for others; a laughing stock. mocking1611 The action or an act of mocking; the expression of scorn or derision; taunting, mockery; imitation, mimicry. Also: †an object of derision (obsolete). mirtha1616 An object of mirth. Obsolete. laughing stakea1630 = laughing stock, n. scoff1640 An object of contempt or scorn; a mark for derision or scoffing. gaud1650 A jest, scoff; also, an object of mockery. Obsolete. blota1657 figurative. An exposed or weak point in one's procedure; a fault or failing; also, a mark, butt. make-mirth1656 ridicule1678 An object of derision or contemptuous amusement; a laughing stock, a mockery. With of (also †to). flout1708 An object of flouting or mockery. Obsolete. sturgeon1708 (See quot. 1708.) Obsolete. laugh1710 A person regarded as an object of laughter or ridicule; a laughing stock. ludibry1722 Derision, contempt; concrete an object of derision. jestee1760 One who is the object of a jest; a butt. make-game1762 A source of amusement; a laughing stock, a butt. joke1791 transferred. An object of or matter for joking; a laughing-stock. laughee1808 A person who is laughed at; an object of laughter. laughing post1810 = laughing stock, n. target1842 figurative. Something aimed at or to be aimed at; esp. a person who is the object of general abuse, scorn, derision, or the like; = butt, n.7 5b. jest-word1843 a word of jesting; transferred an object of jesting or ridicule (cf. byword, n.). Aunt Sally1859 figurative. An object of (typically unreasonable or prejudiced) condemnation, criticism, ridicule, etc. monument1866 Scottish. A ridiculous or objectionable person or thing; a laughing-stock, a fool, a rogue. punchline1978 U.S. A person or thing regarded as an object of ridicule; a laughing stock. Subcategories:— because of pretensions (1) — in authority (1) — at table (1) — talked about, gazed or pointed at (6) |
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