excoriate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
express strong disapproval of
We condemn the racism in South Africa
Types & categories
- denounce hypernym
Related & opposite
- reprobation derivation
- condemnation derivation
- excoriation derivation
- condemnation derivation
- condemnatory derivation
Sense 2 verb
tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
This leash chafes the dog's neck
Types & categories
- rub down hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reprobation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excoriation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | denounce |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scratch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chafe |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rub down |