laughingstock

Noun

Meaning

An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

goat butt stooge mark pigeon gull patsy game subject chump target sport exhibition joke contempt
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Antonyms

jean harrier hangman carper comet goon
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Hypernyms

dupe victim

Hyponyms

April fool

Phrases with the word

make a laughingstock of Become a laughingstock make a laughingstock of someone

Examples

And man shall be that to overman: a laughingstock or painful embarrassment. Source: Internet

That self-proclaimed textualist, Justice Antonin Scalia, years after Bush v. Gore, “We were the laughingstock of the world — the world’s greatest democracy that couldn’t conduct an election.” Source: Internet

Lying buffoon has made us the laughingstock of the rest of the world. Source: Internet

"The Baftas are not the biggest laughingstock on the awards circuit. Source: Internet

Hillary has the potential to get charged with a crime while in office, but Donald might make us the laughingstock of the world while getting us involved in an international incident. Source: Internet

We’re no longer a laughingstock. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

laughing water laughing-eyed laughingly laughingthrush Laughland laughless