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Webster 1913 Edition
Excoriate
Ex-co′ri-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Excoriated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
excoriating
.] To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excoriate
EXCO'RIATE
,Verb.
T.
To flay; to strip or wear off the skin; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
Definition 2024
excoriate
excoriate
English
Verb
excoriate (third-person singular simple present excoriates, present participle excoriating, simple past and past participle excoriated)
- (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
- (transitive) To strongly denounce or censure.
- 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.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, 2005 Trade paperback ed., ISBN 0-345-45842-7. p. 464:
Synonyms
- (to wear off the skin of): abrade, chafe, flay
- (to strongly denounce or censure): condemn, disparage, reprobate, tear a strip off
Derived terms
Translations
to wear off the skin of
to strongly denounce or censure
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