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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

Present participle for to make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject

Expressing or characterized by derision

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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

decrying

giving someone a bad press

rapping over the knuckles

belittling

giving someone a rocket

giving someone a rollicking

giving something a battering

passing strictures upon

giving someone a bollocking

libeling^US

libelling^UK

picking at

going for the jugular

speaking ill of

labelling^UK

labeling^US

spreading lies about

bringing into disrepute

throwing mud at

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

blackening the name of

characterizing^US

conducting a smear campaign against

giving someone bondi

marking

giving a bad name

dragging through the mud

giving a tongue-lashing

jumping down someone's throat

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

demonizing^US

giving something a bad press

demonising^UK

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

jumping down one's throat

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

holding forth against

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

running smear campaign

tarring and feathering

bringing shame upon

reducing

reflecting badly on

spreading scandal about

look down one's nose at

offending

blackening the character of

giving someone a dressing-down

calling over the coals

calling someone names

ripping into

raking over the coals

talking something down

dragging someone's name through the mud

knocking off high horse

poormouthing

reviewing unfavorably

running something down

holding someone responsible

holding someone to blame

rapping someone's knuckles

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

running a smear campaign against

penalising^UK

penalizing^US

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting someone's feelings

stepping on one's toes

causing offence to

giving offence to

speaking of with disfavour

shooting full of holes

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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 mickey out of

tearing to pieces

taking the piss out of

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

treating contemptuously

making a monkey out of

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

making a laughing-stock

exposing to ridicule

making someone a laughing stock

laughing out of court

pulling somebody's leg

pulling someone's leg

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

minimizing^US

tantalizing^US

barracking

discrediting

abasing

tantalising^UK

dishonoring^US

blowing raspberries at

minimising^UK

pulling someone's chain

playing a prank

raspberrying

playing a practical joke

hurling insults at

looking down upon

talking down

look down one's nose at

taking the mickey

setting up

turning up your nose at

crying down

making fun

leading down the garden path

commenting negatively

shaming

copying

thumbing one's nose at

doing an impression of

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

shouting disapproval at

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

poking fun

turning up your nose

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

giving Bronx cheer

being above

treating with disdain

turning up one's nose

victimizing^US

yanking somebody's chain

misleading

taking in

turning your nose up at

messing someone around

making a monkey out of someone

messing someone about

considering beneath you

regarding with contempt

finding intolerable

disrelishing

curling your lip at

considering beneath one

spitting in the eye of

turning back on

spitting in the face of

giving the Bronx cheer to

libeling^US

libelling^UK

victimising^UK

doing an injustice to

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting someone's feelings

throwing shade

stepping on one's toes

cutting to the quick

casting aspersions on

calling someone names

stepping on the toes of

hitting where one lives

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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

Verb

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Present participle for to make (usually formal and extended) speech on a subject

Adjective

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Expressing or characterized by derision

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