- 1excoriate something (medical) to irritate a person's skin so that it starts to come off
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- 2excoriate somebody/something (formal) to criticize someone or something severely
excoriate
verbNAmE//ɪkˈskɔriˌeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they excoriate he / she / it excoriates
past simple excoriated
-ing form excoriating
NAmE//ɪkˌskɔriˈeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable, countable]See excoriate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: excoriate