excoriate | Definition of excoriate

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