Dictionary Definition
excoriate
Verb
1 express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the
racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn:
condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate]
2 tear or wear off the skin or make sore by
abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From excoriatus, past participle of excoriare. From the etyl la excoriare; ex- + coriumVerb
- To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
- To strongly renounce or censure.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, p. 464 (2005 Trade paperback edition, ISBN 0-345-45842-7) -- Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiesence.
- 2006, New York Times Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics, ...
Derived terms
Translations
to wear off the skin of
to strongly renounce or censure
- Finnish: haukkua pataluhaksi, panna matalaksi, panna pataluhaksi, sättiä
- Norwegian: hudflette (1,2)