Word "PILLORY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
expose to ridicule or public scorn
Synonyms:
gibbet

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
criticize harshly or violently
Synonyms:
blast, crucify, savage

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

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It made a target of a culprit (7)
Expose to ridicule: tablet (old, vacuous remedy) (7)
Publicly ridicule sick men taken in by party extremists (7)
Ridicule (7) The Guardian Quick 28 Mar 2025
Lambaste, vilify (7)
Shame publicly (7)
Ridicule The Telegraph Quick 04 Dec 2024
Criticise harshly and publicly (7)
Denigrate Penny out of sorts or close to bankruptcy (7)
Severely criticise medicine or remedy, ultimately The Times Quick Cryptic 06 Oct 2023
Stocks cushion wife dismissed on line The Times Cryptic 21 Jun 2022
Expose to ridicule The Guardian Quick 12 Nov 2021
Ridicule medicine, or remedy, finally
Attack impudent talk about parrot The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Sep 2018
Ancient punishment, one bitter to swallow, or finally deadly
Expose to public ridicule The Washington Post 25 Dec 2016
Ridicule tiresome person dourly ignoring the odds The Times Cryptic 05 Oct 2015
Deride publicly
Expose to public derision
Deride publicly
Hold up to ridicule
Ridicule publicly
Expose to ridicule
Lay open to public scorn.
Expose to public scorn.
Expose to public ridicule.
Device used to expose offenders to public scorn.
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