excoriate

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt/, /ɪkˈskoʊɹ.iˌeɪt/

Verb

excoriate (excoriates, present participle excoriating; past and past participle excoriated)

1. (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.

   Synonyms: abrade, chafe, flay

2. (transitive, figuratively) To strongly denounce or censure.

   Synonyms: condemn, disparage, reprobate, tear a strip off

   • 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, 2005 Trade paperback ed., ISBN 0-345-45842-7. p. 464:

     Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.

   • 2006, Patrick Healy "Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary ↗," New York Times, 13 Sep. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008):

     Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.

Translations

• German: abschürfen, abscheuern, wund reiben
• Italian: escoriare
• Russian: сса́живать
• Spanish: excoriar

Translations

• French: fustiger
• German: scharf verurteilen, vernichtend kritisieren, mit vernichtender Kritik überziehen, kein gutes Haar lassen an
• Russian: разноси́ть
• Spanish: fustigar

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