About The Word Pillory
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Pillory
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What's The Definition Of Pillory?
[n] a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
[v] criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [v] punish by putting in a pillory [v] expose to ridicule or public scorn Synonyms | Synonyms for Pillory: crucify | gibbet | savage | stocks Related Terms | Find terms related to Pillory: attaint | bespatter | bilbo | blacken | blot | blow upon | bond | bonds | brand | branks | bridle | bring into discredit | bring low | bring shame upon | bring to account | bring to book | call to account | camisole | cast reproach upon | castigate | censure | chains | chasten | chastise | collar | correct | crank | cucking stool | cuffs | deal with | debase | defame | defile | defrock | degrade | deplume | deride | disapprove | discipline | discredit | disgrace | dishonor | disparage | displume | ducking stool | expose | expose to infamy | fetter | finger pillory | gag | gibbet | grin at | gyves | halter | hamper | handcuffs | hang in effigy | hobbles | hold in derision | hopples | humiliate | impute shame to | inflict upon | irons | laugh at | laugh to scorn | leading strings | leash | make fun of | make game of | make merry with | manacle | masthead | muzzle | Oregon boat | pan | penalize | point at | poke fun at | punish | put one on | put to shame | rag | razz | reflect discredit upon | reins | reprimand | reproach | restraint | restraints | ride | ridicule | roast | settle with | shackle | shame | slur | smear | smile at | snicker at | snigger at | soil | square accounts | stain | stigmatize | stocks | straightjacket | straitjacket | strait-waistcoat | stranglehold | sully | taint | take to task | tarnish | tether | trammel | trammels | treadmill | trebuchet | triangle | triangles | unfrock | vilify | visit upon | whipping post | wooden horse | yoke See Also | criticise | criticize | display | exhibit | expose | instrument of punishment | penalise | penalize | pick apart | punish Pillory In Webster's Dictionary \Pil"lo*ry\, n.; pl. {Pillories}. [F. pilori; cf. Pr.
espitlori, LL. piloricum, pilloricum, pellericum, pellorium,
pilorium, spilorium; perhaps from a derivative of L.
speculari to look around, observe. Cf. {Speculate}.]
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. --Shak.
\Pil"lo*ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pilloried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillorying}.] [Cf. F. pilorier.] 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. ``Hungering for Puritans to pillory.'' --Macaulay. 2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone. |
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