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excoriate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of excoriate

1 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
Synonyms of excoriate

abuse, assail, attack, bash, belabor, blast, castigate, jump (on), lambaste (or lambast), potshot, savage, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate
Words Related to excoriate

berate, harangue, harass, harry, revile, scold, whip

blaspheme, curse, execrate, imprecate, profane

affront, insult, slur

asperse, bad-mouth, belittle, blackguard, disparage, put down

libel, slander, traduce, vilify

chastise, chide, criticize, lace (into), rebuke, reprimand, reproof

fulminate, lash (out)
Phrases Synonymous with excoriate

beat up on, light into, sail into, tie into
Near Antonyms of excoriate

acclaim, commend, compliment, hail, laud, praise

2 to make sore by continued rubbing

  • the manacles had badly excoriated the prisoner's wrists
Synonyms of excoriate

abrade, chafe, fret, gall, irritate
Words Related to excoriate

graze, scrape, scratch

burn, inflame (also enflame)

flay, peel, skin

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