What is another word for Flayed?

Pronunciation: [flˈe͡ɪd] (IPA)

Flayed is a word that means to strip the skin off of something, typically an animal. Some synonyms for this word include peeled, skinned, disemboweled, excoriated, and shucked. These words are all used to describe the act of removing the outer layer of something, whether it be skin, bark, shell, or other protective casing. Each of these words provides a different level of intensity or focus on the act of stripping away the exterior layer. When choosing which word to use, it is important to consider the context and intended tone of the piece of writing or conversation.

Usage examples for Flayed

A kitchen with a clay floor, and clay-plastered walls-against which stood upon shelves, or hung upon pegs, a sparse collection of utensils; some dingy old prints on common paper, and in cheap frames; a string of onions; another of rabbit skins; and close by the freshly-Flayed hide of a fallow deer.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
First, we are Flayed alive, then kicked.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
He thought of the whimsical fate which so oddly gave the "Pro pelle cutem" of the H. B. C. to this unknown tribe of the North, and Flayed one with the other.
"The Maid of the Whispering Hills"
Vingie E. Roe

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