Pillory

/ˈpɪləɹi/

Synonyms for "pillory" (155 found)

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Closest matches (31)

attaintbespatterbilboblackenblotblow uponbondbondsbrandbranksbridlebring into discreditbring lowbring shame uponbring to accountbring to bookcall to accountcamisolecast reproach uponcastigate
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Verb(2 words)
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (47)

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exposeexpose to infamyfetterfinger pillorygaggibbetgrin atgyveshalterhamperhandcuffhandcuffshang in effigyhobbleshold in derisionhoppleshumiliateimpute shame toinflict uponironironslaugh at
Noun(4 words)
denigrateexhibit to punishmenthumiliatehumiliation device
Verb(1 words)

Related words (77)

laugh to scornleading stringsleashmake an example ofmake fun ofmake game ofmake merry withmanaclemastheadmuzzleoregon boatpanparodypenalizepoint atpoke fun atpunishput one onput to shamerag
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Noun(9 words)
opprobriumpublic shamingpublicly punishpunish publiclypunishment deviceridiculesavagingshamestocks

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More general

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condemncriticisecriticizedisciplinary instrumentdisciplinedisplayexhibitexposeinstrument of punishmentknockmoral condemnationpenalisepenalizepick apartpunish

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More specific

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historical punishmentphysical punishmentpress criticismpublic condemnationpublic denouncementpublic shamingstocks

Collocations

10 entries
in the pillorypillory punishmentpillory someonepillory the policypillorying criticspublic humiliationpublic pillorypublicly pilloriedstock and pillorystocks

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

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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·:

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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.

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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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