- Types Of Speech
- You can use pillory as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Pillory
- A 3 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters i, l, o, p, r, and y, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter l. Pillory starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pi, pil, pill, pillo, and the ending characters are y, ry, ory, lory, llory, . Pillory is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- Origin/Roots
- French
- School Grade
- Pillory is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is pillory a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Pillory in Pig Latin is said as "illorypay or illorypway".
- Unigram
- p | i | l | l | o | r | y
- Bigram
- pi | il | ll | lo | or | ry
- Trigram
- pil | ill | llo | lor | ory
- Quadrigram
- pill | illo | llor | lory
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands;
offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- Verb Examples
- criticize harshly or violently;
"The press savaged the new President";
"The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" - punish by putting in a pillory
- expose to ridicule or public scorn
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase | cause to feel shame hurt the pride of "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| Adulterate | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones "adulterate liquor" |
| Animadversion | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| Apprehension | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Arbalest | medieval artillery used during sieges a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
| Arbalist | medieval artillery used during sieges a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Attachment | the act of fastening things together |
| Attaint | condemn by attainder "the man was attainted" |
| Authorized Capital Stock |
View all cognitive synonyms for Pillory
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pillory | a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn |
View English words with the unique letters used in pillory. Words With The Letters Ilopry
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pillory | a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Instrument Of Punishment |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H Pylori (8 letters) | |||||
| Pillory (7 letters) | 12 | 14 | pillory | ||
| Podalyria (9 letters) | 15 +3 | 16 +2 | podalyria | ||
| Pyloric (7 letters) | 14 +2 | 16 +2 | pyloric | ||
| Priorly (7 letters) | 12 | 13 | iloprry | ||
| Plaidoyer (9 letters) | 15 +3 | 16 +2 | plaidoyer | ||
| Pyrophile (9 letters) | 19 +7 | 20 +6 | pyrophile |
Pillory Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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