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Synonyms for flay

6 synonyms
1 meaning

verb

Most common

flense excoriate

All synonyms

Verb

1. Skin — to strip the skin off; to skin

skin, fleece, flense

Other

excoriate, bark, strip

Definitions

v. 1
To strip the skin off; to skin.

Related words

Word family: flail
Phrases: flay someone alive

Forms

Past participle: flayed
e.g. flayed → skinned, fleeced, flensed, excoriated…

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
flay		steady
flense		steady
excoriate		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: skin¹, bark¹
5 letters: strip¹
6 letters: fleece¹, flense
9 letters: excoriate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excoriate⁴ = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français: écorcher
Italiano: scorticare
Español: despellejar