Synonyms of excoriates

excoriates

verb

present tense third-person singular of excoriate

1

as in attacks

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

• attacks
• scolds
• slams
• criticizes
• abuses
• assails
• castigates
• lambastes
• insults
• blasts
• savages
• belabors
• trashes
• bashes
• jumps (on)
• berates
• harasses
• ties into
• vituperates
• curses
• reviles
• sails into
• scathes
• disparages
• potshots
• blasphemes
• harangues
• chides
• reprimands
• harries
• vilifies
• beats up on
• belittles
• chastises
• affronts
• lights into
• fulminates
• execrates
• slanders
• profanes
• rebukes
• slurs
• traduces
• libels
• bad-mouths
• whips
• imprecates
• lashes (out)
• blackguards
• laces (into)
• asperses
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commends
• praises
• hails
• lauds
• compliments
• acclaims

2

as in irritates

to make sore by continued rubbing

the manacles had badly excoriated the prisoner's wrists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritates
• chafes
• scratches
• scrapes
• frets
• galls
• abrades
• burns
• grazes
• inflames
• peels
• flays
• skins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of excoriates

Smullen’s campaign launched an anti-Constantino website that excoriates him for, among many other things, his past registration as a Democrat. — Michael Hill, Fortune, 12 June 2026

Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie). — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026