body-shamed; body-shaming; body-shames

transitive verb

: to subject (someone) to body-shaming : to criticize or mock (someone) for supposed bodily faults or imperfections
Over the years she's received a lot of negative comments on social media criticizing her wardrobe choices and body-shaming her, yet this hasn't stopped her from embracing her beauty and her body.Amira Rasool

Examples of body-shame in a Sentence

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Cyrus recalled body-shaming memes that circulated the internet in 2013, the same year of her infamous performance alongside Robin Thicke at the MTV VMAs. Catherine Santino, People.com, 10 June 2025 Which makes the industry’s body-shaming sales tactics all the more frustrating. Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 20 May 2025 Being body-shamed even overshadowed some of her past struggles, Osbourne insisted. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025 Ollie still stood up for Demi and called out everyone who’d body-shamed her. Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 5 May 2025 Several people on Instagram criticized the restaurant for body-shaming people. Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025 As more and more of these videos appeared, a backlash built from users concerned about an implicit body-shaming message. Issy Ronald, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025 Accompanying the images were captions detailing moments when these famous women were publicly body-shamed, often by the mainstream media. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 For example, Instagram’s affordances such as image sharing and algorithmic content promotion amplify social comparison, leading to body-shaming and self-esteem issues. Abdulmalik Alluhidan, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2009, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of body-shame was in 2009

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“Body-shame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body-shame. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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