scarify

Meaning

1. To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
2. To make scratches or cuts on.
3. To make scratches or cuts on.
4. To make scratches or cuts on.
5. To make scratches or cuts on.
6. To harrow the feelings.
7. (obsolete) To scar.
8. (obsolete) Denude, or lay waste to.

Synonyms

criticize severely

scalp

scar

carp

censure

claw

crab

🦀

criticize

cup

cut up

daub

decry

disrobe

draw

dress

👗

edit

fluff up

forge

loosen

mark

modify

mold

mould

pan

parget

plaster

pock

puncture

render

revise

rewrite

scare

😨

score

scrape

scratch

seam

till

undress

upbraid

work

wound

slam-bang

adopt

skimcoat

animadvert

bleed

🩸

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/

Etymology

From French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, “scratch”), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”).