Thesaurus / excoriate
FEEDBACK- berate
- castigate
- chastise
- condemn
- lambaste
- lash
- rebuke
- reproach
- revile
- scold
- tear into
- upbraid
- vilify
- attack
- blister
- censure
- flay
- reprove
- scorch
- slash
- scathe
On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to excoriate, such as: abrade, chafe, flay, fret, gall, and peel.
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It became a big part of the mayor’s race with one candidate excoriating the other for signing off on the deal and then the other candidate slamming the first one for signing off on the renovation.
HOW ASBESTOS REVEALED WHERE THE MONEY WENT ON A BAD BUILDING DEALSCOTT LEWISJUNE 30, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGONewsom didn’t just excoriate the decision but focused on Benitez personally.
SACRAMENTO REPORT: A SAN DIEGO JUDGE DRAWS CALIFORNIA’S SCORNSARA LIBBYJUNE 11, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOWilliam felt able to issue a video message on Twitter excoriating the BBC after the corporation published its report into Martin Bashir’s interview with Princess Diana.
WILL HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S BABY DAUGHTER LEAD TO A ROYAL RECONCILIATION?TOM SYKESJUNE 6, 2021THE DAILY BEASTAs the state’s top election official, she has excoriated the “fraudit” all over the mainstream media, partly because she fears it will become the norm.
THE MESS IN MARICOPADAN ZAKMAY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe drew scrutiny last month for traveling to Utah with her husband during the crisis and later excoriated the wind power industry during a committee hearing, though wind turbines generate only a fraction of the state’s electricity.
TEXAS’S CHIEF ENERGY REGULATOR FIERCELY DEFENDED FOSSIL FUELS AFTER HISTORIC BLACKOUTS. SHE ALSO PROFITS FROM OIL AND GAS.NEENA SATIJA, AARON GREGGMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSome have excoriated those across the aisle for holding the hearing at all.
FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, TWITTER CEOS CLASH WITH CONGRESS IN PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWNTONY ROMM, RACHEL LERMAN, CAT ZAKRZEWSKI, HEATHER KELLY, ELIZABETH DWOSKINOCTOBER 28, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe president also excoriated Redfield’s Senate testimony that universal mask-wearing may be more useful than a coronavirus vaccine.
CDC CHIEF’S LETTER GREENLIGHTING PENCE FOR DEBATE DRAWS CRITICISMLENA H. SUN, YASMEEN ABUTALEBOCTOBER 7, 2020WASHINGTON POSTNeither have you a right to excoriate those who are conscientiously operating through the channels spoken of.
THE ABOMINATIONS OF MODERN SOCIETYREV. T. DE WITT TALMAGEThe drops of rain bruise us; the false sounds excoriate us; the darkness blinds us.
THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTONYGUSTAVE FLAUBERTThose attacked by the insect scratch, and in this act they excoriate the skin, crush the lice and contaminate their fingers.
HANDBOOK OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGYWILLIAM ALBERT RILEYWORDS RELATED TO EXCORIATE
- baste
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- blister
- cane
- censure
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- come down on
- correct
- criticize
- discipline
- drag over the coals
- dress down
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- flay
- flog
- jump down one's throat
- lambaste
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- lean on
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- rail
- rate
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- tongue-lash
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- complain of
- confound
- convict
- criticize
- cry down
- curse
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- denunciate
- doom
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- excommunicate
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- imprecate
- inveigle against
- jinx
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- hang something on
- impeach
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- reprobate
- reprove
- revile
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- show up
- skin
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- stigmatize
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- threaten
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- reprimanded
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- reprobated
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- reviled
- scolded
- showed up
- skinned
- smeared
- stigmatized
- threatened
- took to task
- upbraided
- vilified
- vituperated
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