1
[ verb ] express strong disapproval of

Examples

"We condemn the racism in South Africa" "These ideas were reprobated"

Used in print

(Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)

We today are not entitled to excoriate honest men who believed Parker to be downright pernicious and who barred their pulpits against his demand to poison the minds of their congregations .

2
[ verb ] tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

Synonyms

chafe

Examples

"This leash chafes the dog's neck"

Related terms

abrade abrasion

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