crucifying

verb

present participle of crucify
as in criticizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucifying
  1. criticizing
  2. berating
  3. blaming
  4. scolding
  5. flaying
  6. excoriating
  7. castigating
  8. denouncing
Verb
  • The Action Button has proved somewhat controversial since its release, with users on social media like Reddit criticizing its placement and sensitivity.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Raman pledged during her campaign to replace McDonnell, criticizing his handling of protests against federal immigration enforcement and arguing that his leadership had damaged trust in the department, particularly among immigrant communities.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of criticizing
Verb
  • Boot adds that Trump seldom has a cross word for any dictator while regularly berating democratic allies.
    — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026
  • His exchange with an Apple TV reporter sparked headlines last week, with the actor berating the reporter on video for her question during his series’ Hollywood premiere.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of berating
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  • Trump has tried blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for this year's diesel spikes.
    — DAVID McHUGH, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Trump has tried blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for this year’s diesel spikes.
    — David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of blaming
Verb
  • There has always been friction between Reed and Helen, but in the main, Reed has been successful in using a shifting combination of wheedling, scolding, complimenting, and threatening to ensure Helen fullfils her mission objectives.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Liev Schreiber is apologizing for scolding a reporter at the Nocturne premiere.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of scolding
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  • He is said to have been martyred by flaying and beheading at the command of the Armenian king Astyages after Bartholomew converted the king’s brother.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Saints also appeared to have scored a defensive touchdown when edge rusher Chase Young hit Lions QB Jared Goff hard from behind, sending the ball flaying backward toward the Detroit goal line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of flaying
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  • Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Martin Sherman’s play Bent (1979), an excoriating account of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals that is also a story of love between two men in the most terrible circumstances, belongs to this select category.
    — Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of excoriating
Verb
  • New York streets were plastered with posters calling for a boycott of the gala, castigating the couple over their conspicuous displays of wealth and accusing them of attempting to buy their way into fashion’s high society.
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
  • El-Sayed is running on Medicare for All while castigating corporate influence in politics.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of castigating
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Kyrie Irving, Stephen Curry and other NBA stars largely avoided criticizing China during the controversy, despite frequently denouncing the state of America.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • His town halls have a distinctly populist pitch to voters denouncing money in politics.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of denouncing
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“Crucifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucifying. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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