to excoriated
- verb
- /ɪkˈkɔːrɪˌeɪtɪd/
- Literature
:
criticado
- The critic excoriated the film for its lack of originality and poor character development.
And then I was excoriated by a horde of Twitter accounts.
- And then I was excoriated by a horde of Twitter accounts.
- It just, it's crazy to be excoriated in the public in general by like, you know, just people.
- I would go one step farther because that opinion also said that and excoriated the then trial judge who's no longer on the bench in New York.
Examples
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And then I was excoriated by a horde of Twitter accounts.
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In fact, he's been kind of sticking to an America first policy that the press often excoriated Trump for, for, for supporting.
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It just, it's crazy to be excoriated in the public in general by like, you know, just people.
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And then I was excoriated by a horde of Twitter accounts.
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During the interview, the politician was excoriated for his controversial remarks about climate change.
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After the report was published, the author was excoriated by several reviewers for his misleading claims.
Synonyms
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4.0
To strongly criticize someone or something publicly
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6.8
Publicly criticize someone or something strongly
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7.3
To severely criticize someone or something
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8.8
To criticize or punish someone very harshly
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9.8
To criticize someone or something very harshly in public
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9.3
To criticize someone publicly to make them feel ashamed
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9.5
Say bad things about someone in public to show others what they did
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8.1
To criticize someone or something very harshly
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9.9
To strongly hate and say someone or something is very bad
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Excoriated comes from Latin parts ex- meaning 'off' and corium meaning 'skin', so it originally meant 'to strip the skin off'. That's why to excoriate someone today is to 'peel away' their reputation with very strong, public criticism.