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Held Up To Ridicule Crossword Clue

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99%9Exact Match!
verb

• ridicule with satire

95%9Exact Match!
noun

• language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

• the act of deriding or treating with contempt

verb

• subject to laughter or ridicule

29%9 They held people in ridicule
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

verb

• expose to ridicule or public scorn

• punish by putting in a pillory

• criticize harshly or violently

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