pillory
noun
[ ˈpɪləri ]
• a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
Similar:
stocks,
pillory
verb
• put (someone) in a pillory.
• attack or ridicule publicly.
• "he found himself pilloried by members of his own party"
Similar:
attack,
criticize,
censure,
condemn,
denigrate,
find fault with,
give a bad press to,
lambast,
flay,
savage,
brand,
stigmatize,
cast a slur on,
denounce,
knock,
slam,
pan,
bash,
take to pieces,
take apart,
crucify,
monster,
hammer,
lay into,
slag off,
roast,
skewer,
rubbish,
slate,
pummel,
bag,
slash,
excoriate,
ridicule,
jeer at,
sneer at,
deride,
show up,
hold up to shame,
mock,
hold up to ridicule,
heap scorn on,
treat with contempt,
scorn,
make fun of,
poke fun at,
laugh at,
make jokes about,
scoff at,
be sarcastic about,
tease,
taunt,
rag,
chaff,
jibe at,
twit,
kid,
rib,
josh,
wind up,
take the mickey out of,
make a monkey of,
goof on,
rag on,
razz,
pull someone's chain,
chiack,
poke mullock at,
sling off at,
quiz,
flout (at),
take the piss (out of),
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin).
