Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to excoriate
Participle: excoriated
Gerund: excoriating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | excoriate |
| you | excoriate |
| he;she;it | excoriates |
| we | excoriate |
| you | excoriate |
| they | excoriate |
Perfect
| I | have excoriated |
| you | have excoriated |
| he;she;it | has excoriated |
| we | have excoriated |
| you | have excoriated |
| they | have excoriated |
Past
| I | excoriated |
| you | excoriated |
| he;she;it | excoriated |
| we | excoriated |
| you | excoriated |
| they | excoriated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excoriated |
| you | had excoriated |
| he;she;it | had excoriated |
| we | had excoriated |
| you | had excoriated |
| they | had excoriated |
Future
| I | will excoriate |
| you | will excoriate |
| he;she;it | will excoriate |
| we | will excoriate |
| you | will excoriate |
| they | will excoriate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have excoriated |
| you | will have excoriated |
| he;she;it | will have excoriated |
| we | will have excoriated |
| you | will have excoriated |
| they | will have excoriated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | excoriate |
| you | excoriate |
| he;she;it | excoriate |
| we | excoriate |
| you | excoriate |
| they | excoriate |
Perfect
| I | have excoriated |
| you | have excoriated |
| he;she;it | have excoriated |
| we | have excoriated |
| you | have excoriated |
| they | have excoriated |
Imperfect
| I | excoriated |
| you | excoriated |
| he;she;it | excoriated |
| we | excoriated |
| you | excoriated |
| they | excoriated |
Pluperfect
| I | had excoriated |
| you | had excoriated |
| he;she;it | had excoriated |
| we | had excoriated |
| you | had excoriated |
| they | had excoriated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would excoriate |
| you | would excoriate |
| he;she;it | would excoriate |
| we | would excoriate |
| you | would excoriate |
| they | would excoriate |
Perfect
| I | would have excoriated |
| you | would have excoriated |
| he;she;it | would have excoriated |
| we | would have excoriated |
| you | would have excoriated |
| they | would have excoriated |
Imperative
| you | excoriate |
| we | Let's excoriate |
| you | excoriate |
Verbs conjugated like 'excoriate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'excoriate'
eccoriate,
excarnate,
excogitate,
excorticate,
excreate,
exfoliate,
exorate,
decorate,
elutriate,
exacerbate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to convey one's disapproval of
- bawl out, chew out, criticize, drag, eat someone alive, get up, lace into, lambaste, light into, rip into, tear into, tick off, tosh
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English *excoriaten (only attested in its past participle), borrowed from Late Latin excoriātus perfect passive participle of excoriō (“to take the skin or hide off, flay, skin”), from ex- (“out off, from”) + corium (“hide, skin”) + -ō. Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, later archaic.
Sample Sentences
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The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues.
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Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence. [2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Trade paperback edition, published 2005, →ISBN, page 464:]
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Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics. [2006 September 13, Patrick Healy, “Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary”, in New York Times:]
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The tabloids branded him forevermore as the “love rat,” and Pasternak was excoriated for peddling mawkish fantasy. [2022 April 5, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair:]
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Police are under pressure to accelerate the criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire after an excoriating report found that companies operated with “systematic dishonesty” and that all 72 deaths were avoidable. [2024 September 4, Robert Booth, Emine Sinmaz, “Police under pressure to accelerate criminal investigation into Grenfell fire”, in The Guardian:]