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I have invested in that which cannot depreciate, and thus far has advanced
beyond belief--buildings in the business part of the city. — Barriers Burned
Away;
• (excoriate)- to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally, strip the skin
off; The very financial institutions we now excoriate have always been
essential on the road to political power;
• (reprobate)- to disapprove, condemn, or censure, (
/ );
• a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation, (
); You are an errant reprobate, and grow wickeder and
wickeder every day. — The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume
4;
• (objurgate)- to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate
sharply;
• (chafe)- to wear or abrade by rubbing, ( ,);
• to warm by rubbing, ( ); Chilled, he chafed his hands before the
fire;
• to irritate; annoy,( ); Yet he began to chafe under
the constant demands on his time, and the rigid etiquette of the little Court.
— The World's Great Men of Music;
• (flay)- to strip off the skin or outer covering of,( ); I'm
hungry and thought I'd flay and roast the Kid for breakfast. — The Authentic
Life of Billy The Kid;
• to criticize or scold with scathing severity, ( ); Then
they would have gleefully begun taking bets on how few words it would take
Amberdrake to verbally flay the poor fool. — The Black Gryphon;
reprobation > reprobate {perverted = wayward = perverse > perversion}
• (reprobation)- disapproval, condemnation, or censure, ( ,
); If they object the diversity of our sects as a mark of reprobation, I
desire them to consider, that objection has equal force against Christianity in
general. — Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762);
• (reprobate)- to disapprove, condemn, or censure, (
/ );
• a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation, (
); You are an errant reprobate, and grow wickeder and
wickeder every day. — The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume