Synonyms of excoriated

excoriated

verb

past tense of excoriate

1

as in attacked

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 & Similar Words

• attacked
• slammed
• scolded
• criticized
• abused
• savaged
• assailed
• insulted
• blasted
• lambasted
• castigated
• cursed
• bashed
• vituperated
• scathed
• jumped (on)
• harassed
• trashed
• tied into
• berated
• reprimanded
• belabored
• reviled
• sailed into
• disparaged
• harangued
• potshot
• chided
• lit into
• execrated
• vilified
• affronted
• belittled
• chastised
• harried
• slandered
• blasphemed
• beat up on
• libelled
• libeled
• whipped
• rebuked
• fulminated
• profaned
• traduced
• slurred
• imprecated
• bad-mouthed
• lashed (out)
• chid
• laced (into)
• blackguarded
• aspersed
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• commended
• hailed
• acclaimed
• complimented
• lauded

2

as in irritated

to make sore by continued rubbing

the manacles had badly excoriated the prisoner's wrists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritated
• scratched
• scraped
• chafed
• fretted
• burnt
• galled
• abraded
• grazed
• burned
• peeled
• skinned
• inflamed
• flayed
• enflamed