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Verb

Present participle for to attack or ridicule publicly

Present participle for to subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse

Present participle for to set in, or punish with, the pillory

Expressing or characterized by scorn or contempt

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Verb

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Present participle for to attack or ridicule publicly

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

giving a bad press to

throwing brickbats at

casting aspersions on

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

hauling over the coals

doing a hatchet job on

giving someone a roasting

giving a rocket

decrying

giving someone a bad press

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a rollicking

giving something a battering

giving someone a bollocking

passing strictures upon

taking down

libeling^US

libelling^UK

picking at

going for the jugular

doing down

speaking ill of

speaking evil of

bringing into disrepute

spreading lies about

giving someone bondi

throwing mud at

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

blackening the name of

dragging through the mud

labelling^UK

labeling^US

giving a bad name

conducting a smear campaign against

giving a tongue-lashing

jumping down someone's throat

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

giving something a bad press

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

jumping down one's throat

depreciating

shouting at

letting someone have it

delivering a tirade to

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

holding forth against

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

giving someone a dressing-down

ticking off

pulling up

giving a talking-to

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone an earful

giving someone what for

giving someone a wigging

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a rating

wigging

rowing

giving someone a row

giving someone a caning

slapping down

blowing up

giving someone some stick

raking over the coals

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

giving a piece of one's mind

calling on the carpet

tarring and feathering

imputing

running smear campaign

slapping someone's wrist

spreading scandal about

expressing disapproval of

thundering

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

lashing out at

taking to the woodshed

calling over the coals

complaining vociferously about

taking down a peg

speaking out against

climbing all over

taking a stand against

raising objections to

telling a thing or two

protesting strongly at

bringing charges against

having someone on the carpet

assigning liability to

assigning guilt to

considering guilty of

disagreeing violently with

putting up a fight against

complaining bitterly about

making a protest against

going after

leaning on

making a stand against

reprimanding severely

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

reviewing unfavorably

counseling^US

counselling^UK

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

giving tongue-lashing

expressing a poor opinion of

zinging

remonstrating against

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

cussing out

criticizing hatefully

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

carping on

sorting out

dragging someone's name through the mud

dragging through mud

slinging mud

making an example of

meting out punishment to

bringing to account

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

coming down on like a ton of bricks

sticking it to

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

expressing strong disapproval of

holding someone answerable

holding someone to blame

objecting strongly to

fighting

expressing disagreement with

griping

lodging a protest against

sending someone away with a flea in his

shooting full of holes

kicking up

taking great exception to

laying a bad trip on

passing the buck

laying a guilt trip on

putting in a bad light

showing in a bad light

blackening someone's name

bringing into disfavour

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

Verb

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Present participle for to subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse

treating with contempt

goofing on

holding up to ridicule

taking the piss out of

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

treating contemptuously

making a monkey out of

making a laughing-stock

exposing to ridicule

making someone a laughing stock

poking borack

laughing out of court

pulling someone's leg

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

dishonoring^US

pulling someone's chain

casting aspersions on

raspberrying

fooling about

curling your lip at

treating disrespectfully

trash-talking

playing a practical joke

throwing shade

look down one's nose at

looking down upon

turning your nose up at

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

getting on the nerves of

shouting disapproval at

turning up one's nose

getting in the hair of

blowing raspberries at

treating with disdain

expressing contempt

playing a practical joke on

taking a rise out of

getting a rise out of

victimizing^US

giving the Bronx cheer to

spitting in the eye of

spitting on

turning back on

turning down

spitting in the face of

libeling^US

libelling^UK

victimising^UK

doing an injustice to

stepping on the toes of

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

hitting where one lives

laying a bad trip on

giving no quarter

flirting with

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

Verb

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Present participle for to set in, or punish with, the pillory

pillorizing

Adjective

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Expressing or characterized by scorn or contempt

libellous^UK

libelous^US

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

politically incorrect

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

libeling^US

libelling^UK

dishonoring^US

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

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