Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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savage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
pillory | Yes | No | Yes | No |
savage (noun) | pillory (noun) |
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a member of an uncivilized people | 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 cruelly rapacious person |
savage (adjective) | pillory (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 |
savage (verb) | pillory (verb) |
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criticize harshly or violently | criticize harshly or violently |
attack brutally and fiercely | punish by putting in a pillory |
expose to ridicule or public scorn |