pillory
/PIL-uh-ree/verbto attack or ridicule publicly
“Cartoonists pilloried the minister for a month.”
- Synonyms
- lambaste, mock, vilify
- Antonyms
- celebrate, praise
- Memory hook
- pillory: the stocks, updated for print.
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