different between excoriate vs anathematize

English

Etymology

From Late Latin excori?tus, perfect participle of Latin excori? (“take the skin or hide off, flay”), from ex (“off”) + corium (“hide, skin”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?sk??.i?e?t/, /?k?sko??.i?e?t/

Verb

excoriate (third-person singular simple present excoriates, present participle excoriating, simple past and past participle excoriated)

1. (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.

   Synonyms: abrade, chafe, flay

2. (transitive, figuratively) To strongly denounce or censure.

   Synonyms: condemn, disparage, reprobate, tear a strip off

   • 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, 2005 Trade paperback ed., ?ISBN. p. 464:

     Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.

   • 2006, Patrick Healy "Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary," New York Times, 13 Sep. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008):

     Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.

Derived terms

• excoriator
• excoriation

Translations

Anagrams

• exoterica

Latin

Verb

excori?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of excori?

English

Alternative forms

• anathematise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??næ.??.m?.ta?z/

Verb

anathematize (third-person singular simple present anathematizes, present participle anathematizing, simple past and past participle anathematized)

1. (transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
   • 2009, Candace de Russy, "Madness, Thy Name Is 'Stimulus'," American Thinker, 13 Feb. (retrieved 21 Feb. 2009):

     Harvard economist Robert Barro anathematized it as "probably the worst bill that has been put forth since the 1930s" and, in a word, "garbage."

Synonyms

• condemn, damn, deprecate, excoriate, vilify

Derived terms

• anathematization
• anathematizer

Translations