PILLORY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • stocks (what does stocks mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pillory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • instrument of punishment (what does instrument of punishment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pillory (what does pillory mean?)

PILLORY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • criticize harshly or violently
   Synonym(s)
   • crucify (what does crucify mean?)
   • savage (what does savage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The press savaged the new President
   • The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
   Hypernyms(s) pillory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • knock (what does knock mean?)
   • criticize (what does criticize mean?)
   • criticise (what does criticise mean?)
   • pick apart (what does pick apart mean?)
2. Meaning
   • punish by putting in a pillory
   Hypernyms(s) pillory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • punish (what does punish mean?)
   • penalize (what does penalize mean?)
   • penalise (what does penalise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pillory (what does pillory mean?)
   • stocks (what does stocks mean?)
3. Meaning
   • expose to ridicule or public scorn
   Synonym(s)
   • gibbet (what does gibbet mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pillory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • expose (what does expose mean?)
   • exhibit (what does exhibit mean?)
   • display (what does display mean?)