EXCORIATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Severe censure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("excoriation" is a kind of...):

denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)

Derivation:

excoriate (express strong disapproval of)

Meaning:

An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

Synonyms:

abrasion; excoriation; scrape; scratch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("excoriation" is a kind of...):

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excoriation"):

graze (a superficial abrasion)

rope burn (abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope)

Derivation:

excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)