excoriate
31excoriation — excoriate ► VERB 1) chiefly Medicine damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin). 2) formal censure or criticize severely. DERIVATIVES excoriation noun. ORIGIN Latin excoriare to skin …
32abrade — abrade, excoriate, chafe, fret, gall mean to affect a surface by rubbing, scraping, or wearing away. Abrade usually implies rubbing or scraping by something hard or harsh: when the surface rubbed or scraped is soft, injury results, but when it… …
33End-Time Illusion — (E TI) is a 21st century metal band formed in 2002. E TI has set out to perform sick sets filled with killer riffs, searing solos, and mass head banging. The E TI sound encompasses thrash, grind, death, and speed laced with harmonies, breakdowns …
34damn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See condemnation, disapprobation, imprecation. Ant., bless, praise. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To consign to hell] Syn. curse, accurse, confound, ban, doom, anathematize, proscribe, banish, read out of …
35flay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. skin, peel; criticize. See divestment, disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove skin, bark, hide, etc.] Syn. peel, scalp, excoriate; see skin . 2. [To criticize] Syn. reprove, castigate,… …
36excoriation — mid 15c., from M.L. excoriationem (nom. excoriatio), from L.L. excoriare (see EXCORIATE (Cf. excoriate)) …
37coruscate — coruscate, excoriate Confusion of these two somewhat literary words caused by the coincidence of the syllable cor and the ending ate is a common malapropism. To coruscate (from Latin coruscare) is to glitter or give off flashes of light, and it… …
38excoriation — noun 1. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off • Syn: ↑abrasion, ↑scratch, ↑scrape • Derivationally related forms: ↑excoriate, ↑scrape (for: ↑scrape), ↑ …
39Scourge — Scourge, n. [F. escourg[ e]e, fr. L. excoriata (sc. scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), fr. excoriare to strip, to skin. See {Excoriate}.] 1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of… …
40flay — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English flen, from Old English flēan; akin to Old Norse flā to flay, Lithuanian plėšti to tear Date: before 12th century 1. to strip off the skin or surface of ; skin 2. to criticize harshly ; excoriate 3. lash… …
