excoriated

Verb

excoriate (third-person singular simple present excoriates, present participle excoriating, simple past and past participle excoriated)

1. (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin.

   Synonyms:

   excarnate

2. (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe.

   Synonyms:

   abrade, chafe, flay

3. (figuratively, transitive) To strongly condemn or criticize.
   • The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues.

   Synonyms:

   denounce, disparage, reprobate, tear a strip off, criticize, criticise

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