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pillorize

pillorize verb: to set in, or punish with, the pillory.

Verb

pillorize (third-person singular simple present pillorizes, present participle pillorizing, simple past and past participle pillorized)

  1. (transitive) To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
  2. (figuratively) To humiliate or criticise

Synonyms of pillorize

Forms of pillorize

third-person singular presentpillorizes
present participlepillorizing
past participlepillorized
pastpillorized

Origin of pillorize

From pillory + -ize.

Questions about pillorize

What does pillorize mean?
Pillorize means to set in, or punish with, the pillory.
What part of speech is pillorize?
Pillorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pillorize?
The past tense of pillorize is pillorized.

Words near pillorize in the dictionary

  1. pillorised
  2. pillorises
  3. pillorising
  4. pillorization
  5. pillorizations
  6. pillorize
  7. pillorized
  8. pillorizes
  9. pillorizing
  10. pillory
  11. pillorying

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