Synonyms of flays

flays

verb

present tense third-person singular of flay

1

as in scolds

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolds
• lectures
• reprimands
• blames
• criticizes
• lambasts
• berates
• upbraids
• admonishes
• chastises
• castigates
• lambastes
• rebukes
• bastes
• mocks
• rags
• jaws
• bawls out
• attacks
• reproaches
• calls down
• scores
• rails (at or against)
• faults
• chides
• lays into
• hammers
• dresses down
• reams (out)
• takes to task
• rants (at)
• slams
• assails
• rates
• crucifies
• chews out
• keelhauls
• tongue-lashes
• condemns
• denounces
• reviles
• excoriates
• reproves
• reads the riot act (to)
• knocks
• lashes
• blasts
• disparages
• ridicules
• harangues
• censures
• scorns
• abuses
• belittles
• pans
• remonstrates (with)
• scoffs
• scourges
• bad-mouths
• reprehends
• vituperates
• disses
• laces (into)
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• endorses
• indorses
• sanctions
• praises
• lauds
• extols
• extolls

2

as in peels

to remove the natural covering of

flayed their kill right there in the forest, taking both the meat and the skin home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peels
• barks
• shells
• husks
• exposes
• hulls
• bares
• scales
• shucks
• strips
• skins
• denudes
• pares