excoriate
21excoriate — verb (T) formal to express a very bad opinion of a book, play etc: an excoriating review in the Times excoriation /ek skO:ri eISFn/ noun (C, U) …
22excoriate — verb 1) Medicine the skin had been excoriated Syn: abrade, rub away, rub raw, scrape, scratch, chafe; strip away, skin 2) formal he was excoriated in the press See criticize …
23excoriate — v 1. strip, peel, skin, scalp, bark, husk, shuck, shell, decorticate; scrape, grate, rasp, file, grind, whet, sand, abrade, scour. 2. denounce, blame, accuse, condemn, censure; upbraid, reprove, reproach, rebuke, criticize; chastise, punish,… …
24excoriate — ex·co·ri·ate …
25excoriate — ex•co•ri•ate [[t]ɪkˈskɔr iˌeɪt, ˈskoʊr [/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to denounce or berate severely: He was excoriated for his mistakes[/ex] 2) to strip off or remove the skin from • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < LL excoriātus, ptp. of… …
26excoriate — /əksˈkɔrieɪt/ (say uhks kawreeayt), /ɛks / (say eks ) verb (t) (excoriated, excoriating) 1. to strip off or remove the skin from: *the white men, with their little trickle of surviving pack animals and excoriated old horses, stumbled on through… …
27excoriate — v.t. remove skin from; flay; criticize savagely. ♦ excoriation, n …
28excoriate — v.tr. 1 a remove part of the skin of (a person etc.) by abrasion. b strip or peel off (skin). 2 censure severely. Derivatives: excoriation n. Etymology: L excoriare excoriat (as EX (1), corium hide) …
29Excoriated — Excoriate Ex*co ri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excoriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {excoriating}.] [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. {Scourge}; see {Cuirass}.] To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of …
30excoriating — Excoriate Ex*co ri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excoriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {excoriating}.] [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. {Scourge}; see {Cuirass}.] To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of …
