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excoriate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aceeiortxStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. express strong disapproval of

Word origin

First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English *excoriaten (only attested in its past participle), borrowed from Late Latin excoriātus perfect passive participle of excoriō (“to take the skin or hide off, flay, skin”), from ex- (“out off, from”) + corium (“hide, skin”) + -ō. Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, later archaic.

Used in a sentence

  • The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues.
  • Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.
  • Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.

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