Flay and Wear

Flay

Flay verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
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Synonyms for Flay

Wear and flay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wear" instead a verb "Flay".

Wear

Wear verb - To use up all the physical energy of.

Flay and wear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flay" instead a verb "Wear".

Nearby Words: weary, wearing, weariness, wearable, wearer

Common collocations

skin flay skin wear skin

Both words in one sentence

  • The Skinriders flay their victims and wear their hides to cover their mutated, rotting bodies.
  • Comic Book / Requiem Vampire Knight When they do feel the need to stretch their legs, their servants promptly flay someone alive so that they have a skin to wear.
  • Dark Lord on Life Support He needs his minions to flay someone else alive so he can wear their skin so he can walk around, and even then its for a limited time, since his skin degenerates at a very rapid rate.
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