laughingstock; something people would laugh at
Used for a person, action, or situation that invites ridicule or mockery from others. Often appears in expressions like 人笑えになる or 人笑えだ.
If you go outside looking like that, you'll be a laughingstock.
Trying to hide the mistake only made me a laughingstock.
Compound of 人 (ひと, 'person') and 笑え (わらえ, the stem of 笑う 'to laugh'). Literally 'people's laughing,' referring to something that makes others laugh in derision.