Usually means: Object of public ridicule, spectacle.
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  1. gazingstock: Merriam-Webster
  2. gazingstock: Wordnik
  3. gazingstock: Wiktionary
  4. Gazingstock: Dictionary.com
  5. Gazingstock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. gazingstock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Gazingstock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. gazingstock: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. gazingstock: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Gazingstock: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. GAZINGSTOCK: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

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▸ noun:  (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.

Similar:
eyemark, spectacle, superspectacle, eyeful, eye-catcher, spectacularism, bright shiny object, eyeballer, public eye, stunner, more...

Opposite:
admiration, applause, approval, praise

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Similar:
eyemark, spectacle, superspectacle, eyeful, eye-catcher, spectacularism, bright shiny object, eyeballer, public eye, stunner, more...

Opposite:
admiration, applause, approval, praise



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