pillory

pillory is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
2. transitive verb. To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
3. transitive verb. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
4. noun. 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
5. verb. criticize harshly or violently

   "The press savaged the new President"

   "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

   Synonyms: blast, crucify, savage

6. verb. punish by putting in a pillory
7. verb. expose to ridicule or public scorn

   Synonyms: gibbet

Synonyms

blast, crucify, savage, gibbet

Common word forms

pilloried, pillories, pillorying

Words from these letters

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