Synonyms of excoriating

excoriating

verb

present participle of excoriate

1

as in attacking

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

• attacking
• slamming
• scolding
• criticizing
• scathing
• savaging
• blasting
• lambasting
• assailing
• abusing
• insulting
• castigating
• bashing
• trashing
• cursing
• harassing
• berating
• vituperating
• belaboring
• tying into
• reprimanding
• haranguing
• reviling
• potshotting
• disparaging
• sailing into
• harrying
• execrating
• beating up on
• blaspheming
• affronting
• chiding
• vilifying
• lighting into
• belittling
• slandering
• chastising
• fulminating
• libeling
• jumping (on)
• whipping
• slurring
• rebuking
• profaning
• traducing
• imprecating
• bad-mouthing
• aspersing
• blackguarding
• libelling
• putting down
• lacing (into)
• lashing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• commending
• complimenting
• lauding
• hailing
• acclaiming

• praising
• commending
• complimenting
• lauding
• hailing
• acclaiming

2

as in irritating

to make sore by continued rubbing

the manacles had badly excoriated the prisoner's wrists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritating
• scratching
• scraping
• galling
• fretting
• chafing
• abrading
• burning
• flaying
• grazing
• inflaming
• peeling
• enflaming
• skinning