OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 21637

excoriate

/ɪkˈskɔɹ.iˌeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
excoriar
To wear off the skin of; to chafe.
fustigar
To strongly condemn or criticize.
Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.
The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues.