Associations to the word «Pillory»
Noun
- Pamphlet
- Punishment
- Ear
- Fine
- Imprisonment
- Pound
- Libel
- Gallows
- Vila
- Scaffold
- Stock
- Hester
- Offender
- Humiliation
- Culprit
- Scourge
- Offence
- Hymn
- Bail
- Belmont
- Cochrane
- Branding
- Criminal
- Stool
- Prison
- Stand
- Courthouse
- Mob
- Sentence
- Square
- Cart
- Penalty
- Torture
- Bailey
- Jail
- Stake
- Critic
- Insult
- Offense
- Foe
- Collar
- Crowd
- Execution
- Whip
- Crime
- Forehead
- Cage
- Westminster
- Post
- Put
- Press
- Slave
- Delaware
- Exposure
- Derby
- Neck
- Market
- Shame
- Oath
- Pole
- Hole
Adjective
Wiktionary
PILLORY, noun. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
PILLORY, verb. (transitive) To put in a pillory.
PILLORY, verb. (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
PILLORY, verb. (transitive) To criticize harshly.
Dictionary definition
PILLORY, 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.
PILLORY, verb. Expose to ridicule or public scorn.
PILLORY, verb. Punish by putting in a pillory.
PILLORY, verb. Criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.