pillory

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put in a pillory.
2. (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
3. (transitive) To criticize harshly.

Conceptos

picota

desdeñar

despreciar

masacrar

menospreciar

tratar salvajemente

crucificar

empicotar

Sinónimos

gibbet

stocks

crucify

savage

blast

loathe

revile

ringer

scold

spurn

expose to shame

expose to ridicule

whipping post

burden

collar

despise

inveigh

Traducciones

pilori

gogna

berlina

schandpaal

Pranger

pelourinho

an den Pranger stellen

picota

Schandpfahl

Joch

Halseisen

verspotten

verächtlich ablehnen

شنع

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɪləɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: pilory

In summary

From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).