| Main Entry: | laughingstock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fool |
Synonyms: |
butt, dupe, mockery, sport |
| Concept: | [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
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-nouns
laughingstock, jestingstock, gazingstock; butt, game, fair game; April fool (dupe)., original, oddity; queer fish, odd fish; quiz, square toes; old monkey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey; buffoon (jester); pantomimist (actor)., jest (wit).
-phrases
dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt.
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| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of joking |
Synonyms: |
chump, clay pigeon, derision, dupe*, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mark, patsy, pigeon, sap, setup, sitting duck, softie, subject, sucker, target, turkey, victim |
| Main Entry: | derision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
Synonyms: |
Bronx cheer, backhanded compliment, brickbat, butt*, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, dig*, disdain, disparagement, dump*, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, laughter, mockery, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, put-down, raillery, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, slam*, slap, sneering |
Antonyms: |
adulation, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person that is made fun of |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, butt, clown, derision, fool, goat, jackass, jestee, laughingstock, mockery, simpleton, sport, target |
| Main Entry: | laughing stock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of ridicule |
Synonyms: |
Aunt Sally, butt, dupe, fair game, fall guy, fool, goat, joke, laughingstock, stooge, target, victim |
| Main Entry: | mockery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke, parody |
Synonyms: |
burlesque, butt*, caricature, deception, farce, imitation, jest, lampoon, laughingstock, mimicry, mock, pretense, send-up, sham*, spoof, sport*, take-off, travesty |
Antonyms: |
seriousness, solemnity |
| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes kidding |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, butt, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mock, mockery, object of derision, object of ridicule, plaything, target |
| Main Entry: | derision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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