excoriate
verb (used with object)
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally.
excoriates
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present tense formof excoriate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But the outpouring of sympathy from the British people, including the “political class” Mr. Swaim excoriates, was immediate and sympathetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
These omissions feel particularly glaring in light of how Aly excoriates the scholars of the era for viewing the islanders as history-less primitives who simply “died out” after contact with the modern world.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
China, which has been racing to implement one of the world’s toughest data privacy regimes, frequently excoriates companies for mishandling data.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
The same can be said for the quasi-rock spiritual "God," which screeches and pops like never before as Lennon excoriates his Beatles past.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2020
This discharge is of such a nature that frequently it excoriates the external parts so that they become very tender and inflamed.
From Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Edith B. (Edith Belle) Lowry
