Crossword clues for pillorying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pillorying
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
pillorying
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.