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pillorying

Word definitions for pillorying in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pillory \Pil"lo*ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pilloried ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillorying .] [Cf. F. pilorier.] To set in, or punish with, the pillory. ``Hungering for Puritans to pillory.'' --Macaulay. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of pillory English)

Usage examples of pillorying.

The newspapers are pillorying me because the Germans are driving us back, and they predict an awful defeat that will end the war on very unsatisfactory terms.

Now I faced the prospect that Gingrich and company could divert the attention of the press and the public away from their budget cuts by pillorying us.