excoriated
past simple and past participle ofexcoriate
excoriate
verb[T]
formaluk/ekˈskɔː.ri.eɪt/us/ekˈskɔːr.i.eɪt/to write or say that aplay,book,politicalaction, etc. is verybad:
Hislatestnovelreceivedexcoriatingreviews.
Thepresidentexcoriated theWesternpressfortheirbiasedviews.
Synonyms
attack(CRITICIZE)
castigateformal
censureformal
chastise(CRITICIZE)formal
condemn
criticize
damn(BLAME)
decryformal
denounce(CRITICIZE)
railformal
revileformal
slaminformal
to show disapproval of someone or something
- criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
- attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
- condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
- denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
- come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- dim
- fault
- mauling
- nitpick
- nitpicking
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- pick
- pitch
- sarky
- trash
Examplesofexcoriated
excoriated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
From a rational-choice perspective, it isexcoriatedfor enabling coalitions of special interests to prevail over general interests.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They bothexcoriatedtheir contemporaries for their spiritual and cultural emptiness, and they both made enormous demands on life itself.
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In traditional prescriptive teaching and in some manuals of grammar and style, the little verb get has beenexcoriatedas a catch-all for lazy imprecise people.
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Steiner himself isexcoriatedas unstable of mind and impediment of motive.
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Heexcoriatedthe scheme, before announcing—somewhat curiously—that he intended to take no part in any ballot in his constituency that might result.
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Even those tabloids most regularlyexcoriatedin the best circles were by no means always condemned.
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He and other churchmen, black and white, of all denominations who publicly criticise the government's policies areexcoriated, defamed and often thrown into gaol.
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We should have beenexcoriatedfor it.
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However, it was also closely scrutinized to the point of being more talked about than read, moreexcoriatedthan understood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After beingexcoriatedby two committees, the networks scrambled to expunge violence from their programming.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Chrysler wasexcoriatedin the media for bringing out huge new cars, and sales suffered accordingly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heavily infested animals often shake and rub their heads, which can cause their outer ears to becomeexcoriatedand raw.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Not only militias, but all critics of big government areexcoriatedin the book.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Raft himselfexcoriatedthe movie upon its release due to inaccuracies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a result, he was bothexcoriatedby his legal opponents and hailed as a hero by many independent inventors.
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