Etymology
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From Late Latin excoriātus , perfect participle of Latin excoriō ( “ take the skin or hide off, flay ” ) , from ex ( “ off ” ) + corium ( “ hide, skin ” ) .
Pronunciation
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( US ) IPA (key ) : /ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt/ , /ɪkˈskoʊɹ.iˌeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
excoriate (third-person singular simple present excoriates , present participle excoriating , simple past and past participle excoriated )
( transitive ) to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay , to skin
( transitive ) To wear off the skin of; to chafe .
Synonyms: abrade , chafe , flay
( transitive , figuratively ) To strongly denounce or censure .
Synonyms: condemn , disparage , reprobate , tear a strip off , criticize , criticise 2004 , China Miéville , Iron Council , Trade paperback edition, published 2005 , →ISBN , page 464 :Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.
13 September 2006 , Patrick Healy, “Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary”, in New York Times [1] :Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.
April 5 2022 , Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair [2] :The tabloids branded him forevermore as the “love rat,” and Pasternak was excoriated for peddling mawkish fantasy. Derived terms
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Translations
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to remove the skin and/or the fur of
— see flay ,
skin
to wear off the skin of
Armenian: կաշին քերթել (hy) ( kašin kʿertʿel )
Bulgarian: одирам (bg) ( odiram ) , обелвам (bg) ( obelvam )
Chinese:
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Czech: sedřít , stáhnout (cs)
Dutch: schrammen (nl)
Finnish: hiertää (fi)
French: excorier (fr)
Galician: excoriar (gl)
German: abschürfen (de) , abscheuern , wund reiben
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Hungarian: horzsol (hu) , felhorzsol (hu) , feldörzsöl (hu) , kidörzsöl (hu) , ( wound/injure ) : felsebez (hu)
Italian: escoriare
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Macedonian: лупи ( lupi ) , дере ( dere )
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Norwegian: hudflette
Portuguese: escoriar (pt)
Quechua: iqhay
Russian: сса́живать (ru) ( ssáživatʹ ) , сдира́ть ко́жу ( sdirátʹ kóžu )
Scottish Gaelic: rùisg
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Spanish: excoriar (es)
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to strongly denounce or censure
Catalan: condemnar (ca) , censurar (ca) , reprovar (ca)
Chinese:
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Czech: ztrhat
Danish: fordømme , hudflette
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Finnish: haukkua pataluhaksi , ripittää (fi) , sättiä (fi)
French: fustiger (fr)
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German: scharf verurteilen , vernichtend kritisieren , mit vernichtender Kritik überziehen , kein gutes Haar lassen an
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Hungarian: ostoroz (hu) , élesen bírál , lehord (hu) , ledorongol (hu) , lesújt ó / megsemmisít ő kritiká val illet
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Macedonian: осудува ( osuduva )
Maori: whakakinokino
Norwegian: hudflette
Russian: разноси́ть (ru) ( raznosítʹ ) , поноси́ть (ru) ( ponosítʹ ) , громи́ть (ru) ( gromítʹ )
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Spanish: fustigar (es)
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