Meanings
nounexcoriation (countable and uncountable, plural excoriations)
plural excoriations
- countableuncountableThe act of excoriating or flaying.
- countableuncountableThe excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.
1676, Richard Wiseman, “[A Treatise of Tumors.] Of an Herpes”, in Severall Chirurgical Treatises, London: Printed by E. Flesher and J[ohn] Macock, for R[ichard] Royston bookseller to His Most Sacred Majesty, and B[enjamin] Took at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, →OCLC, page 80 - countableuncountableA severe verbal denouncing.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian одиране, ожулване
- одиране (odirane)flaying
- ожулване (ožulvane)skin abrasion
Catalan excoriació
- excoriacióskin abrasion
Dutch geseling, afschurving
- geselingflaying
- afschurvingskin abrasion
- uitkafferingverbal dressing down
French excoriation
- excoriationskin abrasion
German Schürfwunde
- Schürfwundeskin abrasion
Indonesian ekskoriasi
- ekskoriasiskin abrasion
Italian escoriazione
- escoriazioneskin abrasion
Russian сса́дина
- сса́дина (ssádina)skin abrasion
Tagalog lalak, paglalak
- lalakflaying
- paglalakflaying
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with excoriation
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APA
excoriation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excoriation
MLA
“excoriation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excoriation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excoriation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excoriation.
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