PILLORYING Synonyms

• abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

• playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

• showing your contempt by derision

• aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

• abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

• treat or speak of with contempt

• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

• ridicule with satire

• language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

• the act of deriding or treating with contempt

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• ridicule with satire

• a very long fly ball

• a sudden very loud noise

• a strong current of air

• an explosion (as of dynamite)

• a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

• intense adverse criticism

• make a strident sound

• hit with great force

• use explosives on

• apply a draft or strong wind to to

• create by using explosives

• make with or as if with an explosion

• fire a shot; release

• criticize harshly or violently

• shatter as if by explosion

• shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

• kill by nailing onto a cross

• treat cruelly

• hold within limits and control

• criticize harshly or violently

• alternative terms for gallows

• hang on an execution instrument

• expose to ridicule or public scorn

• a member of an uncivilized people

• a cruelly rapacious person

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• wild and menacing

• without civilizing influences

• marked by extreme and violent energy

• attack brutally and fiercely

• criticize harshly or violently