excoriate
verb (used with object)
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally.
have excoriated
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present perfectof excoriate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Aid groups and governments have excoriated the GHF’s efforts as paltry, inefficient and haphazard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Reporters and fact-checkers have excoriated Schweizer for massive factual problems.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2017
Some bloggers and gun enthusiasts have excoriated Ellis’s product; one labeled it “terrifying,” the worst less-lethal force idea ever.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2015
People have excoriated the movement for months now, but it's the first time thousands of voices against Gamergate have spoken publicly under a common banner.
From The Verge ● Oct. 15, 2014
Andrew M. Cuomo, have excoriated the authority, but in the past, they have paid little attention to its management.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2012
