body-shameverb [ T ]
also body shame /ˈbɒd.i ˌʃeɪm//ˈbɑː.di ˌʃeɪm/to criticize someone based on the shape, size, or appearance of their body:
The star was body-shamed when she didn't lose weight immediately after having her baby.
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- She was left humiliated after people body-shamed her on Snapchat.
- These male stars have all been body shamed.
- I myself have been body shamed and I know how bad it feels.
- I can't believe someone would body-shame their own child like that.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pick holes in sth idiom
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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