pillory
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
Types & categories
- instrument of punishment hypernym
Related & opposite
- pillory derivation
Sense 2 verb
expose to ridicule or public scorn
Types & categories
- display hypernym
Sense 3 verb
punish by putting in a pillory
Types & categories
- punish hypernym
Related & opposite
- pillory derivation
Sense 4 verb
criticize harshly or violently
The press savaged the new President
Types & categories
- criticize hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pillory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrument of punishment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | display |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pillory |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | punish |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | criticize |