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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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