excoriate
excoriate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- altogether
- back
- bald
- bare
- bareback
- barebacked
- barefoot
- bareness
- birthday
- buff
- callow
- cast
- coot
- cover
- decorticate
- decortication
- denudation
- denude
- depilation
- desquamation
- disfurnish
- dishabille
- dismantle
- disrobe
- divest
- divestment
- doff
- dress
- enrobe
- excoriation
- exfoliate
- exfoliation
- expose
- flay
- garb
- hairless
- hand
- lay
- leafless
- mew
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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