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excoriates

excoriates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of excoriate.

Meaning of excoriate

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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Questions about excoriates

What is excoriates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Excoriates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of excoriate.

Words near excoriates in the dictionary

  1. exconjugant
  2. exconjugants
  3. excoriable
  4. excoriate
  5. excoriated
  6. excoriates
  7. excoriateth
  8. excoriating
  9. excoriatingly
  10. excoriation
  11. excoriation disorder

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