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noun
The act of excoriating or flaying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
severe censure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: denunciation, denouncement
noun
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: abrasion, scratch, scrape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wound, lesion
Narrower terms: graze, rope burn
History
Etymology tree English excoriate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English excoriation From excoriate + -ion.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
