excoriation
ek skaw ree ay shuhn
- n an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- n severe censure
- He'll probably get off, but I've come to believe that a public excoriation of this dreadful man is a necessary cathartic.
- That disavowal (and her subsequent excoriation of Frey in person on the show in early 2006) helped trash his reputation as a writer; the publisher offered refunds for A Million .
- Edmund Wilson's excoriation of mystery writers excluded the Marlowe books from unfavorable comment.