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To attack or ridicule publicly

To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse

To set in, or punish with, the pillory

To make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject

A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse

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Verb

To attack or ridicule publicly

find fault with

give a bad press to

show someone up

expose to ridicule

hold up to shame

inveigh against

throw brickbats at

cast aspersions on

fulminate against

vituperate against

haul over the coals

give some stick to

do a hatchet job on

remonstrate with

criticize severely

give someone hell

give someone a roasting

give someone a bad press

tear off a strip

tear a strip off

rap over the knuckles

give someone a rollicking

give something a battering

pass strictures upon

give someone a bollocking

go for the jugular

spread lies about

bring into disrepute

blacken the name of

sully the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

characterize^US

conduct a smear campaign against

give someone bondi

drag through the mud

give a bad name

criticize harshly

characterise^UK

read the riot act

animadvert upon

give a tongue-lashing

assault verbally

jump down someone's throat

give something a bad press

slap on the wrist

jump on one's case

bite someone's head off

snap someone's head off

jump down one's throat

give a black eye

put a whammy on

hold forth against

throw stones at

give the business

label negatively

accuse of being

cast a slur upon

give someone a dressing-down

let someone have it

give a talking-to

give someone a telling-off

give someone an earful

give someone what for

give someone a wigging

give someone a mouthful

give someone a rating

give someone a row

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

rake over the coals

call on the carpet

slap someone's wrist

take exception to

take down a peg

come down hard on

take issue with

call to account

lay down the law

give a piece of one's mind

take to the woodshed

call over the coals

kick up a stink about

throw the book at

express disapproval of

cut down to size

protest against

look askance at

discriminate against

bellyache about

sound off about

mouth off about

criticize strongly

expostulate about

declaim against

kick up a fuss about

strongly criticize

deliver judgment

call into question

take a swipe at

rap on knuckles

give a going over

tell a thing or two

come down on like a ton of bricks

make a fuss about

give a hard time

reprimand severely

be malicious about

be spiteful towards

be unkind about

speak of with disfavour

blacken the character of

bring under fire

find unacceptable

review unfavorably

rake over coals

blacken someone's reputation

give tongue-lashing

have words with

take a dim view of

be in opposition to

burn one's ears

think little of

severely reprimand

rap across the knuckles

comment negatively

give comeuppance

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

shoot full of holes

cut to the quick

have someone on the carpet

criticize hatefully

give someone a carpeting

point the finger at

have your knife in

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

mete out punishment to

make an example of

give going-over

give piece of mind

take dim view of

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

send up the river

lay at one's door

give someone stick

keep nothing back

erupt with anger

express strong disapproval of

express disapprobation of

express disapprobation

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

be hostile towards

protest strongly

thunder against

hold someone to blame

protest strongly at

remonstrate about

hold responsible

hold accountable

lose one's temper with

give vent to one's emotions

give free rein to one's emotions

make a stand against

raise objections to

make a protest against

complain vociferously about

oppose strongly

complain bitterly about

speak out against

disagree violently with

put up a fight against

take a stand against

take great exception to

vociferate about

lay charges against

bring someone to trial

have the law on

bring charges against

bring a charge against

bring a case against

prefer charges against

make mincemeat of

make short work of

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

cast doubt upon

cast aspersions upon

take the piss out of

be on at someone

punish repeatedly and unfairly

hit where one lives

give the cold shoulder

put your back up

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

raise your hackles

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“The public will pillory anyone seen trying to extract political advantage from misery.”

Verb

To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse

hold up to shame

make jokes about

treat with contempt

be sarcastic about

hold up to ridicule

poke mullock at

make a monkey of

take the mickey

take the piss out of

treat contemptuously

make a monkey out of

show contempt for

cock a snook at

expose to ridicule

laugh out of court

make a laughing-stock

make someone a laughing stock

give a hard time

pull someone's leg

be scornful about

hold in contempt

feel contempt for

pull someone's chain

curl your lip at

play a practical joke

look down one's nose at

turn your nose up at

turn up one's nose at

hurl insults at

have a joke with

comment negatively

bite one's thumb at

get on the nerves of

be on the back of

express contempt

get in the hair of

be contemptuous of

hold up to scorn

be contemptuous about

yank someone's chain

blow raspberries at

treat with disdain

make cutting remarks about

say contemptuously

give Bronx cheer

laugh in the face of

consider beneath you

turn up one's nose

consider beneath one

give the Bronx cheer to

spit in the face of

spit in the eye of

find intolerable

regard with contempt

take advantage of

do an injustice to

give offence to

make ridiculous

not be able to stomach

not be able to stand

have no use for

not be able to bear

cause offence to

treat disrespectfully

step on the toes of

step on one's toes

hurt somebody's feelings

cast aspersions on

cut to the quick

hit where one lives

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

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“His mean friends would pillory him for his choice of clothes.”

Verb

To set in, or punish with, the pillory

Verb

To make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject

deliver a tirade to

give a lecture to

get on a soapbox

give an address

speak at length

deliver a speech

express one's opinion

lay down the law

make an oration

deliver a sermon

give an address to

give a speech to

make a speech to

write learnedly

talk forcefully

shoot off one's mouth

give a discourse to

give an oration to

give a sermon to

deliver a sermon to

give a dissertation to

write at length

protest strongly

expostulate about

pontificate about

express disapproval of

give lessons in

mouth off about

make a fuss about

kick up a stink about

go into detail about

hold forth about

address an audience

deliver an address

write at length about

speak at length about

sound off about

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Noun

A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse

instrument of punishment

punishment device

“The pillory was a set of stocks that imprisoned head and arms and was used to humiliate petty offenders, who would be insulted and perhaps pelted with mud by passers-by.”

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