Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pillory
nounpillorying (plural pilloryings)
plural pilloryings
- The act by which someone is pilloried.
Reinvigorated after grappling with his health problems and public pillorying, Oberst called the weeks he spent recently writing and recording new music outside of Paris “magical.”
2026 July 24, Joe Coscarelli, Jon Caramanica, “How Conor Oberst Survived Teenage Rock Stardom”, in The New York Times, retrieved 26 Aug 2026Synonyms: pillorization
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act by which someone is pilloried.
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pillorying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillorying
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“pillorying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillorying. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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