'Excoriate' definitions:

Definition of 'excoriate'

verb

Express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]

verb

Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe, excoriate]

Definition of 'Excoriate'

From: GCIDE

Excoriate \Ex*co"ri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excoriated; p. pr. & vb. n. excoriating.] [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. Scourge; see Cuirass.] To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'excoriate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

abrade,
assail,
attack,
bark,
blister,
castigate,
decorticate,
flay,
fret,
fustigate,
gall,
lash,
pare,
peel,
roast,
rub,
scalp,
scarify,
scathe,
scorch,
scourge,
skin,
skin alive,
slash,
strip,
trounce

Words containing 'Excoriate'

Excoriable,
Excoriated,
Excoriation,
excoriating