as in joke
a person or thing that is made fun of
his nerdy clothes made him the laughingstock of the schoolyard
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Recent Examples of laughingstock
Rick Pitino has turned this program from a laughingstock into a true title contender in just one year.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Louisville is no longer a laughingstock in college basketball circles.
—Tim Casey, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
In defense of Perry, Variety chief correspondent Daniel D’Addario wrote in a column this week that becoming a laughingstock has only proven her star power.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Save the primary beneficiary of that public money from more of the haphazard moves that have her franchise in the company of the league’s laughingstocks.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Louisville is no longer a laughingstock in college basketball circles.
—Tim Casey, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
In defense of Perry, Variety chief correspondent Daniel D’Addario wrote in a column this week that becoming a laughingstock has only proven her star power.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Save the primary beneficiary of that public money from more of the haphazard moves that have her franchise in the company of the league’s laughingstocks.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughingstock
Noun
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The Republican governor even poked a light joke at the energy surrounding the teams during his opening remarks.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
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Sriram peppers her debut with offbeat characters, sometimes giving them names that are jokes in and of themselves.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
11 July 2025
Noun
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At best, Trantalis and Glassman are being played for fools.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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Not even the streamers could provide a lot of new entertainment for us fools.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
5 July 2025
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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughingstock. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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