Antonyms for excoriate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ik-skawr-ee-eyt, -skohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈskɔr iˌeɪt, -ˈskoʊr-

Definition of excoriate

Origin : early 15c., from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare "flay, strip off the hide," from Latin ex- "off" (see ex-) + corium "hide, skin" (see corium). Figurative sense of "denounce, censure" first recorded in English 1708. Related: Excoriated; excoriating.

verb scrape layers off
verb denounce, criticize

Example sentences :

Ghastly faces were staring at her, their lips moving in death to excoriate her.
Extract from : « The Last Shot » by Frederick Palmer

Its pamphlets went so far as to excoriate allied methods of warfare and to level accusations of inhumanity against the Belgians.
Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson and the World War » by Charles Seymour

Five days after this period, I again observed a disposition to excoriate.
Extract from : « An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers » by John Higginbottom

You must be careful not to have too much of the Liquid on the rag, for fear it should excoriate the gums or inside of the mouth.
Extract from : « The Toilet of Flora » by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz

After eating the marrow, which was so acrid as to excoriate the lips, we rendered the bones friable by burning, and ate them also.
Extract from : « Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 » by John Franklin

Neither have you a right to excoriate those who are conscientiously operating through the channels spoken of.
Extract from : « The Abominations of Modern Society » by Rev. T. De Witt Talmage

Those attacked by the insect scratch, and in this act they excoriate the skin, crush the lice and contaminate their fingers.
Extract from : « Handbook of Medical Entomology » by William Albert Riley

He could excoriate an antagonist with invective, or roast him alive before a slow fire of sarcasm.
Extract from : « Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland » by Henry B. Stanton

Synonyms for excoriate

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