Definition of excoriates Excoriates
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What does excoriates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- excoriates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of excoriate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| excoriate - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" | ||
| condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate | ||
| denounce speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis" | ||
| excoriate - tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" | ||
| chafe | ||
| abrase, corrade, rub off, abrade, rub down wear away | ||
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Wiktionary 
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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excoriate
To strongly denounce or censure.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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excoriate
eks-kō′ri-āt, v.t. to strip the skin from.—n. Excoriā′tion, the act of excoriating: the state of being excoriated. [L. excoriāre, -ātum—ex, from, corium, the skin.]
Part of speech
🔤- excoriate, verb, present, 1st person singular of excoriate (infinitive).
- excoriate, verb (infinitive).
