excoriate
11excoriate — /ik skawr ee ayt , skohr /, v.t., excoriated, excoriating. 1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes. 2. to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.… …
12excoriate — verb /ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt,ɪkˈskoʊɹ.iˌeɪt/ a) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay. Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.… …
13excoriate — To scratch or otherwise strip off the skin by physical means. * * * ex·co·ri·ate (eks koґre āt) scratch (def. 1) …
14excoriate — Synonyms and related words: abrade, assail, attack, bark, blister, castigate, decorticate, flay, fret, fustigate, gall, lash, pare, peel, roast, rub, scalp, scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge, skin, skin alive, slash, strip, trounce …
15excoriate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. denounce, censure; skin, pare. See condemnation, divestment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove strips of skin, bark, etc.] Syn. abrade, chafe, flay; see skin . 2. [To denounce] Syn. condemn,… …
16excoriate — ex|co|ri|ate [ıkˈsko:rieıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of excoriare, from Latin corium skin ] formal to express a very bad opinion of a book, play etc ▪ an excoriating review in the Times …
17excoriate — ex|co|ri|ate [ ık skɔri,eıt ] verb transitive VERY FORMAL to criticize someone or something very severely, especially in a public way …
18excoriate — ex·co·ri·ate || eks kÉ”Ërɪeɪt v. harshly criticize, denounce; remove the skin from …
19excoriate — [ɪk skɔ:rɪeɪt, ɛks ] verb 1》 Medicine damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin). 2》 formal criticize severely. Derivatives excoriation noun Origin ME: from L. excoriat , excoriare to skin , from ex out, from + corium skin, hide …
20excoriate — v. a. Flay, skin, gall, scar, scarify, score, gouge out, abrade, strip the skin from …
