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[ laf-ing-stok, lah-fing- ] / ˈlæf ɪŋˌstɒk, ˈlɑ fɪŋ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR laughingstock ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town. Origin of laughingstockFirst recorded in 1525–35; laughing + stock Words nearby laughingstocklaughing gas, laughing gull, laughing hyena, laughing jackass, laughing matter, laughingstock, Laughlin, Laughlin Air Force Base, laugh line, laugh off, laugh one's head off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for laughingstockUnprepared, and a laughingstock because of his handicap, Yarvi is bullied on every front—even by his mother. A Fantasy Titan Invades the YA Kingdom|William O’Connor|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Democrats, on the other hand, started out as a laughingstock. Speed Read: Kenneth Vogel’s ‘Big Money’ Shows How PACs Control Politics|William O’Connor|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Would Obama be the laughingstock of the country if his campaign ads featured a bubbly jingle? The Strange History of Political Campaign Songs (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST The duke could ill bear ridicule, and if this story got abroad he would be the laughingstock of Czernova. The Shadow of the Czar|John R. Carling
I'll not only become the laughingstock o' the minister and his wife, but the whole town will join in with ready chorus. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various As for you, Mr. Roger Verbeck, you will be the laughingstock of the city to-morrow, so prepare to be ridiculed. The Black Star|Johnston McCulley And now she was making a laughingstock of the lad among the neighbours. Through Welsh Doorways|Jeannette Augustus Marks I have made you a laughingstock, as I promised, but I am not done with you yet. The Black Star|Johnston McCulley
British Dictionary definitions for laughingstock
nounan object of humiliating ridiculehis mistakes have made him a laughing stock Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to laughingstockdupe, sport, mockery, butt |