pillorying
present participle ofpillory
pillory
verb[T]
uk/ˈpɪl.ər.i/us/ˈpɪl.ɚ.i/toseverelycriticizesomeone,especiallyin apublicway:
Althoughregularlypilloried by thepressas anobnoxiousloudmouth, he is,nonetheless, aneffectivepolitician.
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- dim
- fault
- mauling
- nitpick
- nitpicking
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- pick
- pitch
- sarky
- trash
Examplesofpillorying
pillorying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He even ridiculed his illustrious musical fellow tribesmen,pilloryingthem mercilessly for their claims to be artists; it was impossible to deceive him for long.
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Will he stoppilloryingconsumer expenditure in the way that he has done in recent speeches?
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That seems to me to be, however unintentional, an unfairpilloryingof particular interests.
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In that way he will be spared the constantpilloryingthat will take place.
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The whole object of these provisions, which was discussed at the tripartite conference, was to prevent the unduepilloryingof the farmer in his locality.
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The second point raises the question of unilateral action inpilloryingoffenders.
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I do not believe inpilloryingindividuals for what is part of a wrong system.
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I feel that it is absolutely wrong to use this type of inquiry as a means ofpilloryingpeople who are in no position to answer back in any way.
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I hope that that power can be operated without thepilloryingof the judge who happened to pass a sentence which may differ from that which is thought otherwise appropriate.
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There is no question ofpillorying.
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We will not recruit good social workers, and parents will not want their children to be social workers, if that kind ofpilloryingattitude is taken.
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Thepilloryingof the accused by the media to boost ratings, or even by governments and officials for the sake of short-lived political gains, flagrantly violates this principle.
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Her punishment was commuted to publicpillorying, followed by life imprisonment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was performed along with thepilloryingor immobilisation in the stocks, and sometimes alongside punishments such as branding or fines.
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