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
Louisville is no longer a laughingstock in college basketball circles.
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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
Against all odds, the Pistons surged to a 44-38 record, securing the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference and transforming from league laughingstock to playoff contenders.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laughingstock
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
Against all odds, the Pistons surged to a 44-38 record, securing the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference and transforming from league laughingstock to playoff contenders.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laughingstock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughingstock
joke
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The site’s users took great joy in watching the feud in real time, responding to the showdown between the president and the world’s wealthiest man with jokes and memes.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Surrounded by her animals at home, Lin watched re-runs of The Big Bang Theory, practicing the cadence of the words, the rising sound of a joke, the pacing of each phrase.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughingstock. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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