Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pillory
Participle: pilloried
Gerund: pillorying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pillory |
| you | pillory |
| he;she;it | pillories |
| we | pillory |
| you | pillory |
| they | pillory |
Perfect
| I | have pilloried |
| you | have pilloried |
| he;she;it | has pilloried |
| we | have pilloried |
| you | have pilloried |
| they | have pilloried |
Past
| I | pilloried |
| you | pilloried |
| he;she;it | pilloried |
| we | pilloried |
| you | pilloried |
| they | pilloried |
Pluperfect
| I | had pilloried |
| you | had pilloried |
| he;she;it | had pilloried |
| we | had pilloried |
| you | had pilloried |
| they | had pilloried |
Future
| I | will pillory |
| you | will pillory |
| he;she;it | will pillory |
| we | will pillory |
| you | will pillory |
| they | will pillory |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pilloried |
| you | will have pilloried |
| he;she;it | will have pilloried |
| we | will have pilloried |
| you | will have pilloried |
| they | will have pilloried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pillory |
| you | pillory |
| he;she;it | pillory |
| we | pillory |
| you | pillory |
| they | pillory |
Perfect
| I | have pilloried |
| you | have pilloried |
| he;she;it | have pilloried |
| we | have pilloried |
| you | have pilloried |
| they | have pilloried |
Imperfect
| I | pilloried |
| you | pilloried |
| he;she;it | pilloried |
| we | pilloried |
| you | pilloried |
| they | pilloried |
Pluperfect
| I | had pilloried |
| you | had pilloried |
| he;she;it | had pilloried |
| we | had pilloried |
| you | had pilloried |
| they | had pilloried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pillory |
| you | would pillory |
| he;she;it | would pillory |
| we | would pillory |
| you | would pillory |
| they | would pillory |
Perfect
| I | would have pilloried |
| you | would have pilloried |
| he;she;it | would have pilloried |
| we | would have pilloried |
| you | would have pilloried |
| they | would have pilloried |
Imperative
| you | pillory |
| we | Let's pillory |
| you | pillory |
Verbs conjugated like 'pillory'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pillory'
pillar,
pillow,
alloy,
beglory,
billow,
collor,
gallery,
glory,
hilloa,
history,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).
Sample Sentences
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There was no malice in my rubbish; but it laughed at the captain. It laughed at a man to whom such a thing was new and strange and dreadful. I did not know then, though I do now, that there is no suffering comparable with that which a private person feels when he is for the first time pilloried in print. [1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 50, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:]
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Mike Sarne would end up making a celluloid disasterpiece that is to this day pilloried as one of the worst films ever made. [2008, Steven Daly, “Swinging into Disaster”, in Graydon Carter, editor, Vanity Fair’s Tales of Hollywood: Rebels, Reds, and Graduates and the Wild Stories Behind the Making of 13 Iconic Films, Penguin, →ISBN, page 242:]
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The breakthrough came through Torres who, pilloried for his miss against Manchester United a week earlier, scored his second goal of the season. [2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport:]
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[T]o suggest that their mere acquaintance in any way undermines Pinker’s work would be to make the kind of ad hominem fallacy that he rightfully pillories in this book. [2021 September 29, Jennifer Szalai, “In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]