excoriate

tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade. See synonyms at chafe.
2. To censure strongly; denounce: an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction.

[Middle English excoriaten, from Latin excoriāre, excoriāt- : ex-, ex- + corium, skin.]

excoriation ex·co'ri·a'tion n.
excoriator ex·co'ri·a'tor n.

(ik-SKOR-ee-ayt)

verb tr.
1. To severely criticize someone or something.
2. To strip off the skin.

Etymology
From Latin excoriare (to strip or to skin), ex- (out) + corium (skin, hide). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to cut) that is also the source of words such as skirt, sharp, scrape, screw, shard, shears, carnage, curt, carnivorous, hardscrabble hardscrabble. and incarnadine incarnadine.

Usage
"Why is she [Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, president of Philippines] being excoriated for trying to implement her campaign promise?" — Efren L. Danao; Give Light, Not Heat, to Cha-cha Issue; The Manila Times (Philippines); Jun 17, 2009.

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verb

1. To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction: abrade, chafe, fret, gall², irritate. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To criticize harshly and devastatingly: blister, drub, flay, lash, rip into, scarify¹, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash. Informal roast. Slang slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See praise/blame.

v

Definition: denounce, criticize
Antonyms: compliment, laud, praise

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Superficial traumatic abrasions and scratches which remove some of the skin substance. Commonly caused in animals by rubbing or scratching pruritic skin.

abrade; to heap abuse

IN BRIEF: To criticize very severely.

The boss never gave compliments; all he could do was excoriate his employees.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skrabe huden af, flå, kritisere skånselsløst

Nederlands (Dutch)
van de vel ontdoen, hekelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Méd) excorier

Deutsch (German)
v. - abschürfen, scharf zurechtweisen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (ξε)γδέρνω

Italiano (Italian)
escoriare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - escoriar, censurar

Русский (Russian)
содрать кожу

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - excoriar, desollar, vituperar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rubba skinnet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剥皮, 严厉的责难, 擦破皮肤

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 剝皮, 嚴厲的責難, 擦破皮膚

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~의 가죽을 벗기다, 몹시 비난하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 皮膚をすりむく, 激しく非難する
adj. - すりむけた, はがれた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشجب بشدة, يكشط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קילף (עור), הפשיט העור, גינה, ביקר קשות, שרט עור‬

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