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
• bashed
• cursed
• vituperated
• scathed
• jumped (on)
• harassed
• trashed
• tied into
• berated
• reprimanded
• belabored
• reviled
• sailed into
• disparaged
• harangued
• potshot
• lit into
• execrated
• vilified
• affronted
• belittled
• chastised
• harried
• slandered
• blasphemed
• beat up on
• 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
• fretted
• chafed
• galled
• abraded
• grazed
• burned
• peeled
• inflamed
• skinned
• flayed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of excoriated

The message came after Trump excoriated him for voting against his signature tax law last summer. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

Australia’s prime minister, for example, excoriated OpenAI and Altman for failing to alert officials in a timely manner that an agent had targeted a government health website. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026

Outspoken actor and comedian Michael Rapaport excoriated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Jewish gathering outside of Gracie Mansion on Friday. — Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

After reviewing a transcript of the scene provided by The Hollywood Reporter, two prominent American Muslim advocacy groups excoriated the film’s depiction of Islam. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Terence Tao, a renowned mathematician and leading authority on differential equations, excoriated what AI was doing to the field. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026

Nearly five years ago, the district attorney of Onondaga County, William Fitzpatrick, stood up in court and excoriated his county’s decision decades earlier to prosecute Anthony Broadwater for the rape of author Alice Sebold. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

Sheryl Crow excoriated Donald Trump‘s White House birthday bash, which included a UFC fight, in a post to her Instagram story on Monday. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026

Jim Trusty, the lawyer for Rozier, excoriated the league after a hearing Wednesday that served as a status update on Rozier’s case, as well as the other three defendants who remain indicted alongside him. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 June 2026