0 past simple and past participle of excoriate --
1 to write or say that a play, book, political action, etc. is very bad: --
As a result, he was both excoriated by his legal opponents and hailed as a hero by many independent inventors.
Raft himself excoriated the movie upon its release due to inaccuracies.
Not only militias, but all critics of big government are excoriated in the book.
Heavily infested animals often shake and rub their heads, which can cause their outer ears to become excoriated and raw.
Chrysler was excoriated in the media for bringing out huge new cars, and sales suffered accordingly.
After being excoriated by two committees, the networks scrambled to expunge violence from their programming.
However, it was also closely scrutinized to the point of being more talked about than read, more excoriated than understood.
We should have been excoriated for it.