excoriating Synonym

severe, intense, sharp, critical, serious, urgent, keen, perceptive, sensitive, piercing, incisive, astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating, profound, drastic, dire, grave, pressing, crucial, pivotal, essential, vital, important, significant, momentous, high-priority, exigent, immediate, rapid, swift, quick, sudden, abrupt, sharp-edged, fine, delicate, subtle, refined, pointed, needlelike, razor-sharp, high-pitched, high-frequency, shrill, high-toned, high-sounding [x]

caustic, harsh, severe, biting, cutting, stinging, blistering, brutal, fierce, trenchant, acerbic, mordant, vitriolic, withering, sharp, acrimonious, scornful, devastating, savage [x]

severe, stern, strict, rigorous, austere, tough, unkind, cruel brutal, ruthless, callous, hard, unforgiving, relentless, unsparing, pitiless, merciless, grim, fierce, abrasive, rough, coarse, grating, jarring, biting, cutting, stinging, scathing, caustic, acerbic, acrimonious, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, sharp, bitter, sour, tart, acerb, stringent, exacting, demanding, draconian, oppressive, tyrannical, despotic, authoritarian, iron-fisted, unyielding, inflexible [x]

criticizing, nitpicking, carping, complaining, censure, blaming, condemning, denouncing, disparaging, reproaching, scolding, berating, chiding, censuring, rebuking, reprimanding, upbraiding, castigating, lambasting, bashing, slamming, knocking, tearing down, running down, panning, slating, trashing, vilifying, maligning, decrying, excoriating, attacking, harping, griping, grumbling, kvetching, bellyaching, moaning, whining, nagging, quibbling, caviling, hypercritical, overcritical, judgmental, captious, finicky, fussy [x]

scolding, reprimand, rebuke, dressing-down, tongue-l, berating, reproof,ishment, chiding, upbraiding, castigation, censure, lecture, critique, criticism, reproach, telling-off, bawling-out, lambasting, roasting, ticking-off, earful, blast, talking-to, rap, rap on the knuckles, rebuff, denunciation, stricture, objurgation, remonstrance, correction, disapproval, fault-finding, disapprobation, condemnation, excoriation, flak, hammering, knocking, panning, slating, slamming, tearing apart, tearing into, taking to task, chewing out, laying into, giving a piece of one's mind [x]

criticizing, berating, scolding, rebuking, reprimanding, chiding, upbraiding, castigating, censuring, admonishing, reproaching, lambasting, excoriating, railing, bashing, tearing into, laying into, dressing down, giving a tongue-lashing, giving a dressing-down, giving a talking-to, giving a piece of one's mind, chewing out, hauling over the coals, reading the riot act, giving a roasting, giving a grilling, giving a going-over, giving a once-over, giving a shellacking, giving a thrashing, giving a walloping, giving a whacking, giving a pummeling, giving a drubbing, giving a lashing, giving a pasting, giving a trouncing, giving a hammering, giving a beating, giving a battering, giving a thumping, giving a clobbering, giving a smacking, giving a spanking, giving a whipping, giving a flogging, giving a caning, giving a belting [x]

rebuke, blame, criticism, admonishment, reprimand, censure, reproof, scolding, chiding, upbraiding, reproval, castigation, denunciation, disapproval, condemnation, fault-finding, accusation, indictment, objurgation, remonstrance, stricture, berating, lambasting, tongue-lashing, dressing-down, lecture, rebuff, reproaching, vilification, invective, vituperation, excoriation, chastisement, obloquy, animadversion, aspersion, deprecation, detraction, disparagement, opprobrium, reprobation, revilement, slander, vilifying, vitriol, abuse, denunciatory, beratement [x]

berate, criticize, scold, reprimand, rebuke, chastise, upbraid, censure, castigate, admonish, reprove, lambast, denounce, excoriate, chide, rail, reproach, vituperate, harangue, lecture, chew out, dress down, take to task, give a talking-to, give a dressing-down, give a piece of one's mind, tell off, give a tongue-lashing, give a roasting, give a scolding, give a telling-off, give a ticking-off, give a wigging, give a carpeting, give a bollocking, give a rollicking, give a rocket, give a row, give a blast, give a mouthful, give a serve, give a spray, give an earful, give a going-over, give a grilling [x]

belittle, deprecate, denigrate, diminish, derogate, undervalue, underrate, criticize, scorn, mock, ridicule, vilify, malign, slander, defame, discredit, demean, slight, disparage, minimize, downplay, trash, badmouth, knock, run down, put down, tear down, cast aspersions on, speak ill of, smear, libel, backbite, calumniate, traduce, vilipend, depreciate, abase, degrade, humiliate, insult, offend, affront, snub, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at [x]

debilitating, paralyzing, disabling, incapacitating, immobilizing, weakening, hampering, impairing, stifling, hindering, obstructive, restrictive, limiting, devastating, crushing, overwhelming, shattering, destructive, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, grievous, severe, harsh, intense, extreme, acute, profound, serious, dire, critical, grave, drastic, oppressive, suffocating, stultifying, enfeebling, exhausting, draining, sapping, undermining, eroding, withering, annihilating, obliterating, decimating, ravaging, wrecking [x]

reprimands, reproaches, criticisms, admonishments, scoldings, censures, chastisements, upbraidings, reproofs, castigations, beratings, lambastings, denunciations, condemnations, objurgations, remonstrances, lectures, rebuffs, corrections, disapprovals, disapprobations, tongue-lashings, dressings-down, put-downs, slatings, chidings, fault-findings, knockings, raps, raps on the knuckles, carpetings, bawlings-out, blow-ups, callings-down, chewings-out, comeuppances, dressing-downs, going-overs, hand-slappings, kickings, knockings-down, layings-into, moppings-up, raking-overs, raking-downs, rowings, shellackings, talking-tos, tickings-off [x]

criticisms, disparagements, denigrations, belittlements, deprecations, derogations, slanders, aspersions, calumnies, vilifications, defamations, libels, backbit, maligning, traducements, smears, attacks, censures, condemnations reproaches, rebukes, reprimands, scoldings, admonishments, denunciations, disapprovals, objections, complaints, grievances, accusations, indictments, charges, allegations, slurs, insults, affronts, offenses, abuses, invectives, tirades, harangues, diatribes, polemics, critiques, reviews, assessments, evaluations, appraisals, judgments [x]

rebukes, reprimands, admonitions, reproaches, criticisms, scoldings, censures, chidings, upbraidings, castigations, beratings, remonstrances, objurgations, lambastings, lectures, corrections, disapprovals, denunciations, rebuffs, rejections, condemnations, disapprobations, excoriations, flak, knocks, pans, put-downs, raps, reprovals, slams, stricture, tongue-lashings, vituperations, warnings, censurings, rebukings, remonstrations, reprimandings, reproachings [x]

scharfe Kritik, harsche Kritik, strenge Kritik, schneidende Kritik, beißende Kritik, schroffe Kritik, harte Kritik, heftige Kritik, scharfsinnige Kritik, schonungslose Kritik, unnachgiebige Kritik, unbarmherzige Kritik, gnadenlose Kritik, rigorose Kritik, erbarmungslose Kritik, unversöhnliche Kritik, unerschütterliche Kritik, kompromisslose Kritik, unnachsichtige Kritik, unfreundliche Kritik, scharfzüngige Kritik, bissige Kritik, ätzende Kritik, vernichtende Kritik, kritische Bemerkung, negative Rückmeldung, abfällige Bemerkung, tadelnde Worte, strenge Beurteilung, harte Beurteilung, scharfe Beurteilung, kritische Beurteilung, scharfe Rückmeldung, harte Rückmeldung, strenge Rückmeldung, scharfe Anmerkung, harte Anmerkung, strenge Anmerkung, kritische Anmerkung, scharfe Bewertung, harte Bewertung, strenge Bewertung, kritische Bewertung, scharfe Einschätzung, harte Einschätzung, strenge Einschätzung, kritische Einschätzung, scharfe Analyse, harte Analyse, strenge Analyse [x]

criticizing, condemning, reprimanding, rebuking, reproaching, chastising, scolding, blaming, denouncing, disapproving, faulting, berating, upbraiding, lambasting, castigating, admonishing, chiding, censuring, decrying, excoriating, railing, reviling, vilifying, disparaging, slamming, panning, bashing, knocking, trashing, tearing down, running down, putting down, dressing down, taking to task, calling out, giving a dressing-down, giving a talking-to, giving a tongue-lashing, giving a piece of one's mind, giving a rap on the knuckles, giving a slap on the wrist, giving a scolding, giving a rebuke, giving a reprimand, giving a reproof, giving a telling-off, giving a ticking-off, giving a lecture, giving a sermon [x]