Pillory

//ˈpɪləɹi//

Synonyms for "pillory" (142 found)

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Translations

74 translations across 32 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skandpaal noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κῡ́φων noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • позо́рен стъ́лб noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Catalan

2 entries
  • costell noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • picota noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 頭手迦 /头手迦 noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • 頸手枷 /颈手枷 noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Czech

1 entries
  • pranýř noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Danish

2 entries
  • gabestok noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • sætte i gabestokken verb (put someone in a pillory)

Dutch

4 entries
  • schandpaal noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • aan de schandpaal hangen verb (put someone in a pillory)
  • aan de schandpaal nagelen verb (criticize harshly)
  • aan de schandpaal zetten verb (put someone in a pillory)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • punpilorio noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • punpiloriadi verb (put someone in a pillory)

Estonian

1 entries
  • häbipost noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Finnish

4 entries
  • häpeäpaalu noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • arvostella ankarasti verb (criticize harshly)
  • häpäistä verb (subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse)
  • panna häpeäpaaluun verb (put someone in a pillory)

French

3 entries
  • pilori noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • clouer au pilori verb (criticize harshly)
  • mettre au pilori verb (criticize harshly)

Galician

2 entries
  • picota noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • rollo noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

German

4 entries
  • Pranger noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • Schandpfahl noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • an den Pranger stellen verb (put someone in a pillory)
  • an den Pranger stellen verb (subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse)

Greek

2 entries
  • κύφωνας noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • στηλιτεύω verb (criticize harshly)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • pellengér noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • kipellengérez verb (put someone in a pillory)
  • kipellengérez verb (subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse)
  • pellengérre állít verb (put someone in a pillory)

Italian

1 entries
  • gogna noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Japanese

1 entries
  • さらし台 noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Latin

1 entries
  • patibulum noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gėdos stulpas noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • срамен столб noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • gapestokk noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • hudflette verb (criticize harshly)
  • sette i gapestokken verb (put someone in a pillory)
  • sette i gapestokken verb (subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse)

Persian

1 entries
  • قاپوق noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Polish

2 entries
  • dyby noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • gąsior noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cepo noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • pelourinho noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Russian

2 entries
  • позо́рный столб noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • бичева́ть verb (criticize harshly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prànger noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • stub srama noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • stup srama noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • stup sramote noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pranier noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Slovene

2 entries
  • pranger noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • sramotilini steber noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Spanish

2 entries
  • cepo f picota noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • poner en la picota verb (subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse)

Swedish

2 entries
  • skampåle noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  • stupstock noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гане́бний стовп noun (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Maires and Maceris that meanes be betwene / The Kynge and the comon to kepe the lawes / To pũnyſhen on pyleries and pynning ſtoles / Bruſterrs and bakeſters, bochers and cokes / For theſe ar mẽ on this mold þᵉ moſt harme worketh / To the pore people that percel mele byghe[...]

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Cros·! þou dost no trouþe ; / On a pillori· my fruit to pinne, / He haþ no spot· of Adam sinne ; / Flesch· and veines· nou fleo a-twinne, / Wherfore I· rede of routhe·:

Source: wiktionary

The other replied, That for ought they could ſee, the men were quiet, and ſober, and intended no body any harm ; and that there were many that Traded in their fair, that were more worthy to be put into the Cage, yea, and the Pillory too, then were the men that they had abuſed.

Source: wiktionary

Mike Sarne would end up making a celluloid disasterpiece that is to this day pilloried as one of the worst films ever made.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.