laughingstock
an 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 laughingstock
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How to use laughingstock in a sentence
Cruz, although a laughing stock in the mainstream media, is extremely popular among primary base voters.
Who Does the GOP Really Have To Run Against Hillary in 2016? | Myra Adams | January 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was very dangerous, could have been fatal, it could have made us the laughing stock of the world.
Romney can, in one day, turn Harry Reid into a liar and a laughing stock.
Michael Tomasky: How Mitt’s Tax Returns Show His Character Defect | Michael Tomasky | August 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey would not then have been so annoyed by an overflow of traders nor been rendered the laughing-stock of the community.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondBut we don't want to be the laughing stock of this whole town, I reckon, and never hear the last of this thing as long as we live.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
And if it so impressed him, might it not also make her something of a laughing-stock among her people, as she liked to call them?
Joyce's Investments | Fannie E. NewberryNot many people do that, but those that do are the laughing-stock of the world.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersWas she going to make herself the laughing-stock of the place?
Colonial Born | G. Firth Scott
British Dictionary definitions for laughing stock
an object of humiliating ridicule: his mistakes have made him a laughing stock
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