Explore Excoriate through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like condemn or abrade. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Excoriate meaning
- to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin
- To wear off the skin of; to chafe.
- To strongly condemn or criticize.
Synonyms of Excoriate
Using Excoriate
- The main meaning on this page is: to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin | To wear off the skin of; to chafe. | To strongly condemn or criticize.
- Useful related words include: condemn, rub down, abrase, corrade.
- In the example corpus, excoriate often appears in combinations such as: to excoriate, excoriate the.
Context around Excoriate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Excoriate
- In this selection, "excoriate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, biden stand out and add context to how "excoriate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include desantis will excoriate the weaponization and doorbell to excoriate you for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "excoriate" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with excoriate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She has also used social media to excoriate Biden and his policies. (12 words)
She read the mail that flowed in to excoriate and dismiss her. (12 words)
In a pair of tweets on his call with Putin, Trump said U.S. news organizations "wanted me to excoriate him. (21 words)
When your neighbor yells at your Ring doorbell to excoriate you for supporting a political candidate and people destroy their cars just to express their rage, you know that the brainwashing has worked with some people. (36 words)
The man who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump is poised to excoriate his longtime former boss with more than a decade of anecdotes. (28 words)
But Trump didn’t say it, so not big deal, now had he said them, then people would have had a right to excoriate the man. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
Often DeSantis will excoriate the "weaponization" of the Justice Department and the FBI as he did after Trump was indicted for a third time.
She has also used social media to excoriate Biden and his policies.
But Trump didn’t say it, so not big deal, now had he said them, then people would have had a right to excoriate the man.
When your neighbor yells at your Ring doorbell to excoriate you for supporting a political candidate and people destroy their cars just to express their rage, you know that the brainwashing has worked with some people.
She read the mail that flowed in to excoriate and dismiss her.
The man who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump is poised to excoriate his longtime former boss with more than a decade of anecdotes.
In a pair of tweets on his call with Putin, Trump said U.S. news organizations "wanted me to excoriate him.
Common combinations with excoriate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to excoriate 6×
- excoriate the 2×