Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pillory | Yes | No | Yes | No |
savage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
pillory (noun) | savage (noun) |
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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 | a member of an uncivilized people |
a cruelly rapacious person |
pillory (adjective) | savage (adjective) |
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(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | |
without civilizing influences | |
marked by extreme and violent energy | |
wild and menacing |
pillory (verb) | savage (verb) |
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criticize harshly or violently | criticize harshly or violently |
punish by putting in a pillory | attack brutally and fiercely |
expose to ridicule or public scorn |