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单词 laughingstock
释义

laughingstock

noun

laugh·​ing·​stock ˈla-fiŋ-ˌstäk How to pronounce laughingstock (audio)
ˈlä-
: an object of ridicule

Synonyms

  • butt
  • derision
  • jest
  • joke
  • mark
  • mock
  • mockery
  • sport
  • target
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Example Sentences

The team has become the laughingstock of the league. The mayor became a laughingstock.
Recent Examples on the Web The final score — Michigan 51, Colorado State 7 — reflected an unflinching beating in what was a blowout at best and a laughingstock at worst. Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2022 Frost is clearly in desperation mode after going 15-29 over his first four seasons at the helm of a once-proud program that is now just a laughingstock. Paul Newberry, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 Robert Spearing, a Brit from humble beginnings who was the laughingstock of the trading desk for his funerary black suit last season, now sports the panache of Hugo Boss suits, shirts with French cuffs, and Hermès ties. Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2022 The paper, for much of its existence, had functioned as journalistic laughingstock; Otis helped transform it into a Pulitzer Prize-winning media organization with bureaus around the world. Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022 Baker Mayfield deserves the Browns' respect for raising the bar on a beleaguered franchise that just five years ago was the laughingstock of sports. Rob Oller, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022 The statue depicts Seaver — who more than 50 years ago transformed the Mets from a laughingstock into world champions — in his famous drop-and-drive delivery to home plate. New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Indeed, a sort of face-palm moment these contestants had laughed off during taping in December had hit the harsh climes of the Twittersphere and mutated into an Internet laughingstock. Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022 That came a few years later when, during a season in which a player killed himself in the practice facility parking lot, the Chiefs were the two-win laughingstock of the league. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1518, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

laughingstock

noun

laugh·​ing·​stock ˈla-fiŋ-ˌstäk How to pronounce laughingstock (audio)
ˈlä-
: a person or thing that is made fun of

laughingstock

noun

as in joke
a person or thing that is made fun of his nerdy clothes made him the laughingstock of the schoolyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • joke
  • mockery
  • fool
  • mock
  • target
  • derision
  • butt
  • victim
  • sport
  • jest
  • mark
  • chump
  • monkey
  • sucker
  • pigeon
  • gull
  • dupe
  • sap
  • fall guy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • favorite
  • pet
  • darling
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