body-shaming

noun

body-sham·ing ˈbä-dē-ˌshā-miŋ

variants or body shaming

: the act or practice of subjecting someone to criticism or mockery for supposed bodily faults or imperfections

Far from being isolated incidents, these jokes … only highlight the fact that body-shaming is very much a problem among men as well as women, with public figures deemed "fair game" when it comes to criticisms of their appearance.—

Philip Ellis

body-shaming adjective

body-shaming comments

body-shaming bullies

Examples of body-shaming in a Sentence

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When body image woes come wrapped in a bow Giving a fitness gift this holiday season can come across as body-shaming, a not-so-subtle message that a person’s body isn’t good enough, eating disorder experts say. —

Andrew Torgan, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024 Keira Knightley is getting real about body-shaming. —

Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024 Christina Aguilera thinks body-shaming is a dirrty pair of words. —

EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024 Last month, Ava called out some of her haters for a different reason: body-shaming. —

Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024 Lizzo seemed to be responding to both the allegations and the body-shaming in her post on Friday. —

Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024 People were so mean, even just in terms of body-shaming. —

Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024 Kate Winslet refuses to let years of body-shaming define her. —

Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2023 Tracy and her mother Edna also fight class bias, bullying, body-shaming and the withering looks of buffoonish authority figures. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024