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excoriate
ex·co·ri·ate E0267200 (ĭk-skôr′ē-āt′)tr.v. ex·co·ri·at·ed, ex·co·ri·at·ing, ex·co·ri·ates 1. a. To censure strongly; denounce: "preparing to excoriate him for his insufficient preparations" (Neil Bascomb).b. To criticize (something) harshly: "After excoriating the vapid culture of movie-star worship ... he's ended up at that trough" (Maureen Dowd).2. To tear, scrape, or wear off (the skin).
[Middle English excoriaten, from Latin excoriāre, excoriāt- : ex-, ex- + corium, skin; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·co′ri·a′tion n.ex·co′ri·a′tor n.Usage Note: Traditionally, one excoriates people, not things, but in recent years the verb has been given a wider variety of objects, and the Usage Panel does not object. In our 2002 survey, 83 percent of the Panel accepted the sentence The party's national convention and its platform were excoriated by a contemptuous press, where the verb acts upon products of human effort.excoriate (ɪkˈskɔːrɪˌeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to strip (the skin) from (a person or animal); flay2. (Medicine) med to lose (a superficial area of skin), as by scratching, the application of chemicals, etc3. to denounce vehemently; censure severely[C15: from Late Latin excoriāre to strip, flay, from Latin corium skin, hide] exˌcoriˈation nex•co•ri•ate (ɪkˈskɔr iˌeɪt, -ˈskoʊr-)
v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. 1. to denounce or berate severely: He was excoriated for his mistakes. 2. to strip off or remove the skin from. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin excoriātus, past participle of excoriāre to strip, skin] ex•co`ri•a′tion, n. excoriate
Past participle: excoriated
Gerund: excoriating
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| excoriate | | excoriate |
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| I excoriate | | you excoriate | | he/she/it excoriates | | we excoriate | | you excoriate | | they excoriate |
| Preterite |
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| I excoriated | | you excoriated | | he/she/it excoriated | | we excoriated | | you excoriated | | they excoriated |
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| I am excoriating | | you are excoriating | | he/she/it is excoriating | | we are excoriating | | you are excoriating | | they are excoriating |
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| I have excoriated | | you have excoriated | | he/she/it has excoriated | | we have excoriated | | you have excoriated | | they have excoriated |
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| I was excoriating | | you were excoriating | | he/she/it was excoriating | | we were excoriating | | you were excoriating | | they were excoriating |
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| I had excoriated | | you had excoriated | | he/she/it had excoriated | | we had excoriated | | you had excoriated | | they had excoriated |
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| I will excoriate | | you will excoriate | | he/she/it will excoriate | | we will excoriate | | you will excoriate | | they will excoriate |
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| I will have excoriated | | you will have excoriated | | he/she/it will have excoriated | | we will have excoriated | | you will have excoriated | | they will have excoriated |
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| I will be excoriating | | you will be excoriating | | he/she/it will be excoriating | | we will be excoriating | | you will be excoriating | | they will be excoriating |
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| I have been excoriating | | you have been excoriating | | he/she/it has been excoriating | | we have been excoriating | | you have been excoriating | | they have been excoriating |
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| I will have been excoriating | | you will have been excoriating | | he/she/it will have been excoriating | | we will have been excoriating | | you will have been excoriating | | they will have been excoriating |
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| I had been excoriating | | you had been excoriating | | he/she/it had been excoriating | | we had been excoriating | | you had been excoriating | | they had been excoriating |
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| I would excoriate | | you would excoriate | | he/she/it would excoriate | | we would excoriate | | you would excoriate | | they would excoriate |
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| I would have excoriated | | you would have excoriated | | he/she/it would have excoriated | | we would have excoriated | | you would have excoriated | | they would have excoriated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | excoriate - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"condemn, decry, objurgate, reprobatedenounce - speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis" | | 2. | excoriate - tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"chafeabrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off - wear away |
excoriateverb1. To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction:abrade, chafe, fret, gall, irritate.2. To criticize harshly and devastatingly:blister, drub, flay, lash, rip into, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash.Informal: roast.Slang: slam.Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeexcoriationexcoriate
ex·co·ri·ate (eks-kō'rē-āt), To scratch or otherwise strip off the skin by physical means.excoriate (ĭk-skôr′ē-āt′)tr.v. excori·ated, excori·ating, excori·ates 1. a. To censure strongly; denounce: "preparing to excoriate him for his insufficient preparations" (Neil Bascomb).b. To criticize (something) harshly: "After excoriating the vapid culture of movie-star worship ... he's ended up at that trough" (Maureen Dowd).2. To tear, scrape, or wear off (the skin).
ex·co′ri·a′tion n.ex·co′ri·a′tor n.ex·co·ri·ate (eks-kōr'ē-āt) To scratch or otherwise denude the skin by physical means. excoriate
Synonyms for excoriateverb to make (the skin) raw by or as if by frictionSynonyms- abrade
- chafe
- fret
- gall
- irritate
verb to criticize harshly and devastatinglySynonyms- blister
- drub
- flay
- lash
- rip into
- scarify
- scathe
- scorch
- score
- scourge
- slap
- slash
- roast
- slam
Synonyms for excoriateverb express strong disapproval ofSynonyms- condemn
- decry
- objurgate
- reprobate
Related Wordsverb tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abradingSynonymsRelated Words- abrade
- abrase
- corrade
- rub down
- rub off
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