formal : to criticize (someone or something) very harshly He was excoriated as a racist. The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign.
What does excoriate mean?
1 : the act of abrading or wearing off the skin chafing and excoriation of the skin. 2 : a raw irritated lesion (as of the skin or a mucosal surface)
How do you use excoriation in a sentence?
Excoriation in a Sentence ?
- Everyone asked about the excoriation on my finger which I explained was caused by a knife while making dinner.
- The only injury I had from my bike accident was a small excoriation on my knee with blood oozing out of it.
