LAUGHINGSTOCK Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

laughingstock

noun

ˈla-fiŋ-ˌstäk

Definition of laughingstock next

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 Alphabet had a surprising 750 million average monthly users for its Gemini app, which was just a few years ago a laughingstock. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026 Black people as laughingstock, caricature. —

Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026 The disastrous response to that icy gridlock turned Atlanta into a laughingstock and transformed how leaders prepare for severe weather. —

Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 23 Jan. 2026 The Indiana University Hoosiers went from a college-football laughingstock to national champions. —

Clare Malone, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for laughingstock

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Noun

Horner seemed calm and articulate and also made inappropriate jokes during the interview, Espinoza said.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Yet, the three — even Cavallari and Conrad, who were pitted against each other in the 2000s — were warm and chummy, cracking jokes and enthusiastically agreeing with one another.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026