pillory
Meaning of pillory
noun
a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
verb- put (someone) in a pillory.
- attack or ridicule publicly.
he found himself pilloried by members of his own party
Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin).
Information about pillory
- The plural form of pillory is: pillories.
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Hyphenation of pillory
pil-lory
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- pillory is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pillory synonyms
Meaning gibbet:
Meaning savage:
Meaning a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends:
Meaning criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:
Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:
Meaning criticize severely and brutally:
Meaning mark with a branding iron:
Meaning mark with stigmata:
Meaning publicly declare to be wrong or evil:
Meaning strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning strike hard and violently:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly:
Meaning cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:
Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:
Meaning criticize severely and reject as worthless:
Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:
Meaning put (something) in a bag:
Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
Meaning criticize (someone) severely:
Meaning subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour:
Meaning express contempt for; ridicule:
Meaning tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner:
Meaning feel or express contempt or disdain for:
Meaning make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
Meaning provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks:
Meaning give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag:
Meaning the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing:
Meaning a silly or foolish person:
Meaning (of a goat) give birth:
Meaning mark with or form into ridges:
Meaning tease (someone) in a playful way:
Meaning tease (someone) playfully:
Meaning jeer at or tease:
Meaning ask (someone) questions:
Words that rhyme with pillory
Lory, lory, Malory, calory, pelory, Flory, cauliflory, counterflory, flory, Glory, deglory, disglory, englory, glory, unglory, vainglory, tailory, Mallory, chancellory, colory
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