Pillory

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  • noun. A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment.
  • transitive verb. To expose to ridicule and abuse.
  • transitive verb. To put in a pillory as punishment.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A frame of wood erected on a post or pole, with movable boards resembling those in the stocks, and holes through which were put the head and hands of an offender, who was thus exposed to public derision.
  • To punish by exposure in the pillory.
  • Hence Figuratively, to expose to ridicule, contempt, abuse, and the like.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
  • transitive verb. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
  • noun. A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
  • verb. To put in a pillory.
  • verb. To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
  • verb. To criticize harshly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
  • verb. punish by putting in a pillory
  • verb. expose to ridicule or public scorn
  • verb. criticize harshly or violently
    • Word Usage
    "I do not like to stand on your what you call pillory --- it is very bad way to take de air, I think; and I do not like your prisons no more, where one cannot take de air at all. ''"
    Form
    pilloried  pillorying  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    criticise  criticize  display  exhibit  expose  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hilary  Hillary  artillery  distillery  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beggary  bloodhound  chain gang  ducking stool  fagot  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Oregon boat  attaint  bespatter  bilbo  blacken  
    variant
    pilloried  
    verb-form
    pilloried  pillories  pillorying  
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