EXCORIATE Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

excoriate

verb

ek-ˈskȯr-ē-ˌāt

as in to attack

to criticize harshly and usually publicly the mayor had hardly been in office for a month before she was being excoriated for problems of very long standing

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as in to irritate

to make sore by continued rubbing the manacles had badly excoriated the prisoner's wrists

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Recent Examples on the Web Nicholson shies away from excoriating the film totally, but was still left disappointed. —

Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024 Its longtime leader, Hun Sen, used to excoriate the United States for linking its aid and investment to improvements in the country’s human rights record. —

Agnes Chang, New York Times, 14 July 2024 Gerber, a shareholder himself, excoriated the Tesla board ahead of its second vote. —

Chloe Berger, Fortune, 2 July 2024 Tim Scott In 2016, the South Carolina senator initially backed Rubio in the presidential race and excoriated Trump for his reluctance to condemn the Ku Klux Klan. —

Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for excoriate

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