Excoriating

Synonyms for "excoriating" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Verb(4 words)

abrade abrasive berate caustic

Strong matches (5)

Verb(5 words)

criticize damaging denounce erosive graze

Related words (9)

Verb(8 words)

injurious lambaste rail scar scathing scrape severe vitriolic

scorching

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More general

10 entries

critical adjectivecriticize damage harm injurenegative evaluationskin damagesurface injurytissue damagetone descriptor

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14 entries

abrade abrasions berate castigatecaustic commentarydenounce erosions graze lambaste lesions railscathing critiquescrapevitriolic attack

Collocations

9 entries

excoriate harshlyexcoriate policyexcoriate publiclyexcoriate the policyexcoriating analysisexcoriating critiqueexcoriating remarksexcoriating reviewexcoriating testimony

Inflections

4 entries

excoritated excorriatesmore excoriatingmost excoriating

Derivations

5 entries

excorer excoriated excoriates excoriatingly excoriation

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