object+of+ridicule
111stooge — Australian Slang 1. entertainer who feeds lines to a comedian and is often the object of ridicule; 2. one who acts on behalf of another, especially in an obsequious, corrupt, or secretive fashion; 3. act as a stooge …
112scorn — [[t]skɔ͟ː(r)n[/t]] scorns, scorning, scorned 1) N UNCOUNT: oft with N, N for n If you treat someone or something with scorn, you show contempt for them. Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn... Franklin shared the family s scorn for his… …
113be the scoff and jest of — be an object of ridicule and scorn …
114fair game — animals that can be legally hunted; object of ridicule …
115laughingstock — n. object of ridicule, butt of a joke …
116laughingstocks — n. object of ridicule, butt of a joke …
117scoff — scoff1 verb speak about something in a scornfully derisive way. noun an expression of scornful derision. ↘archaic an object of ridicule. Derivatives scoffer noun scoffing adjective scoffingly adverb Origin ME: perh. of Scand. origin. scoff2 …
118laughing-stock — n. Butt (of jests), object of ridicule …
119joke — 1. noun 1) they were telling jokes Syn: funny story, jest, witticism, quip; pun, play on words; informal gag, wisecrack, crack, one liner, rib tickler, knee slapper, thigh slapper, punch line, groaner 2) playing stupid …
120joke — 1. noun 1) telling jokes Syn: funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pun; informal gag, wisecrack, crack, funny, one liner; N.Amer.; informal boffola 2) playing stupid jokes Syn …
