Definition for Pillory:

• A framework in which an offender was fastened and exposed to public scorn.

Synonyms for Pillory:

• n.

  •
  • jab,
  • slate,
  • bring/call/hold someone to account,
  • bash,
  • cry foul,
  • condemn.
  •
  • flog,
  • flogging,
  • hiding,
  • beating,
  • the birch,
  • corporal punishment.
  •artifact (noun)
  • pillory.
  •crucify (noun)
  • crucify.
  •gibbet (noun)
  • gibbet.
  •pillory (noun)
  • stocks,
  • savage.
  •prison (noun)
  • San Quentin,
  • pinion,
  • prison,
  • brig,
  • keep,
  • reformatory,
  • coop,
  • bastille,
  • gaol,
  • collar,
  • pound,
  • tether,
  • straight jacket,
  • oubliette,
  • shackle,
  • jug,
  • manacle,
  • jailhouse,
  • penitentiary,
  • cell,
  • jail,
  • stronghold,
  • irons,
  • vise,
  • dungeon,
  • fence,
  • handcuff,
  • harness,
  • pen,
  • cage,
  • cooler,
  • Alcatraz,
  • reform school,
  • stockade,
  • bridle,
  • penal colony,
  • lockup.
  •punishment device (noun)
  • thong,
  • gallows,
  • iron,
  • thumbscrew,
  • noose,
  • rod,
  • switch,
  • guillotine,
  • birch rod,
  • gas chamber,
  • truncheon,
  • scaffold,
  • cowhide,
  • captivity,
  • bull whip,
  • solitary confinement,
  • strap,
  • rawhide,
  • ax,
  • electric chair,
  • maiden,
  • stake,
  • cane,
  • torture chamber,
  • lash,
  • whip,
  • block,
  • rack,
  • rope,
  • whipping post.

• v.

  •punish (verb)
  • castigate,
  • persecute,
  • try,
  • discipline,
  • imprison,
  • anguish,
  • afflict,
  • Keelhaul,
  • incarcerate,
  • confine,
  • fine,
  • execute,
  • sentence,
  • burden,
  • distress,
  • judge,
  • agonize,
  • avenge,
  • correct,
  • chastise,
  • lambaste,
  • reprise,
  • chasten.
  •shame (verb)
  • discomfit,
  • humiliate,
  • disgrace,
  • debunk,
  • show up,
  • ridicule,
  • ostracize,
  • mock.
  •slander (verb)
  • besmirch,
  • calumniate,
  • traduce,
  • detract,
  • tarnish,
  • denigrate,
  • shame,
  • malign,
  • slander,
  • smear,
  • badmouth,
  • blacken,
  • sully,
  • discredit,
  • vilify,
  • stigmatize,
  • defame,
  • dishonor,
  • scandalize,
  • libel,
  • besmear,
  • denounce.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lambast,
  • decry.
  •
  • pummel.

Pillory Sentence Examples:

• They had compelled the poor old man to perform one of the duties of his office by leading his own child to the pillory!

• With the advancing light of civilization, the dungeon and the pillory were substituted for the scaffold and the stake.

Hyponym for Pillory:

• n.

  • artifact
    instrument of punishment.

• v.

  • social
    expose, penalise, penalize, display, punish, exhibit.