🗯️ Very harsh criticism 🤕 Causing sore skin 🩹 To scrape skin

excoriating

8.4

Making the skin sore and raw

adjective
/ɪkˈkɔːriˌeɪtɪŋ/

: excoriante

Exposure to harsh chemicals can result in excoriating rashes on sensitive skin.

Examples

The excoriating sunburn left her skin red and painful.
The patient complained of an excoriating sensation after using the new skin cream.
Doctors treated the excoriating wounds caused by prolonged friction against the surface.
He suffered from excoriating rashes after using the new soap.
The excoriating rash on his arms made it difficult for him to sleep at night.
After spending too much time in the sun, her skin felt excoriatingly painful and sensitive.
The excoriating wind left my face chapped and sore after our hike in the mountains.

Synonyms

irritating

vsexcoriating

4 3.1

Causing pain or discomfort to body parts like skin and eyes

causes skin to wear away and become sore and more severe than simple discomfort

stinging

vsexcoriating

3.1

Causing a sharp, painful feeling on the skin

causes skin to wear away and leave lasting soreness rather than brief sharp pain

Antonyms

healing

344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

soothing

81 2.9

That makes pain or worry feel less strong

How Severe

corrosive

Specialized

14 6.6

caustic

Specialized

8 7.6

excoriating

8.4

abrasive

6 4.8

irritating

4 3.1

Surface Forms

excoriating positive

Morphology

excoriating = excoriate (transparent) = excoriate + ing

A regular participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'excoriate'; the physical sense directly reflects the verb's meaning.

Etymology

Excoriating comes from the parts ex- 'out' and corium 'skin', so it once meant taking the skin off and that is why it describes a very sore, scraping feeling.