Oh, you’re one of them. I won’t waste either your time or mine continuing this conversation. Oh, and I looked up excoriate just to make sure I hadn’t made a mistake while typing one handed standing up on a moving bus.
ex·co·ri·ate
[ik-skawr-ee-eyt]
- verb (used with object) 1. to denounce
“Oh, you’re one of them.”
Yes, I am one of the people who can see beyond the end of their noses (PWCSBTEOTN). Cringe in terror.
I am also one of the people who can see through transparent subterfuges (PWCSTTS). Cringe in embarrassment.
Further, I am one of the people who can not only find words in, but understand the definitions given in, dictionaries intended for use by educated adults (PWCNOFWIBUTDGIDIFUBEA). Cringe in…well, some other unpleasant emotion.
Definition of EXCORIATE
transitive verb
1: to wear off the skin of : abrade
2: to censure scathingly
Examples of EXCORIATE
1. He was excoriated as a racist.
2. The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign.
Origin of EXCORIATE
Middle English, from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare, from Latin ex- + corium skin, hide — more at cuirass
First Known Use: 15th century
Synonyms: abuse, assail, bash, belabor, blast, castigate, attack, jump (on), lambaste (or lambast), potshot, savage, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate
Where did you find the definition, “to denounce?” In the Sesame Street See and Speak Dictionary for Struggling Preschoolers (SSSASDFSP)?