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посмешище meaning in English

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посмешище noun
{n}

jest(target of a joke)
noun
[UK: dʒest] [US: ˈdʒest]

joke [jokes](worthless thing or person)
noun
[UK: dʒəʊk] [US: dʒoʊk]

laughing stock(object of ridicule)
noun

делать из себя посмешище verb
{imPlf}

make a spectacle of oneself(To embarrass oneself or others in public)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ə ˈspek.tək.l̩ əv wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ə ˈspek.tək.l̩ əv wʌn.ˈself]

make an exhibition of oneself(to embarrass oneself in public)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ən ˌek.sɪ.ˈbɪʃ.n̩ əv wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈæn ˌek.sə.ˈbɪʃ.n̩ əv wʌn.ˈself]

сделать из себя посмешище verb

make a show of oneself(To embarrass oneself or others in public)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ə ʃəʊ əv wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ə ˈʃoʊ əv wʌn.ˈself]

make a spectacle of oneself(To embarrass oneself or others in public)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ə ˈspek.tək.l̩ əv wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈmeɪk ə ˈspek.tək.l̩ əv wʌn.ˈself]