excoriate in English

verb
1
censure or criticize severely.
the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him
2
damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).
People with this condition have a rash, pruritis, and excoriated crythematous skin in body folds, axillae, and groin.
synonyms:abraderub awayrub rawscrapescratchchafestrip awayskin
verb

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1. To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.

2. To criticize severely and devastatingly; excoriate.

3. He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses.

4. That's why the solution to substandard performance is always to excoriate, punish and shame the child.

5. Condemn definition: express strong disapproval of synonyms: objurgate, reprobate, excoriate, denounce, decry antonyms: approve, criticize, stay in place, implode

6. No longer should our legislators be able to publicly excoriate FDA employees while ignoring their own complicity.

7. Additionally. Nasal discharges are excoriate and cause burning nostrils, the person' eyes water as if by onions.

8. The psychologist Barry Schwartz used the kindergarten experiment to excoriate an experimental New York schools programme which paid older children to show up and work hard.

9. He took the opportunity to describe China's efforts to combat the financial crisis, to emphasise that China had no lust for world power, and to excoriate the "immorality" of unfettered market greed.