Usually means: Object of ridicule or mockery.
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  1. laughingstock: Merriam-Webster
  2. laughingstock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. laughingstock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. laughingstock: Vocabulary.com
  5. Laughingstock, laughingstock: Wordnik
  6. laughingstock: Wiktionary
  7. laughingstock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. laughingstock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. laughingstock: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Laughingstock, laughingstock: Dictionary.com
  11. laughingstock: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Laughingstock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Laughingstock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. laughingstock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. laughingstock: Rhymezone
  16. Laughingstock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. laughingstock: FreeDictionary.org
  18. laughingstock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Laughingstock: The Word Detective
  20. laughingstock: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. laughingstock: Encyclopedia

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  1. laughingstock: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Laughingstock)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of laughing stock. [(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.]

Similar:
stooge, butt, goat, pariah, disgrace, mockery, shambles, joke, buffoon, mock, more...

Opposite:
respected, admired, esteemed, honored

Types:
chump, sap, patsy, stooge, mark, fall guy, fool, butt, more...

Adjectives:
public, national, international, general, common, complete, such, mere, virtual, universal, local



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Similar:
stooge, butt, goat, pariah, disgrace, mockery, shambles, joke, buffoon, mock, more...

Opposite:
respected, admired, esteemed, honored

Types:
chump, sap, patsy, stooge, mark, fall guy, fool, butt, more...

Adjectives:
public, national, international, general, common, complete, such, mere, virtual, universal, local



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