Synonyms of savaging

savaging

verb

present participle of savage

as in attacking

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• slamming
• scolding
• criticizing
• abusing
• assailing
• blasting
• excoriating
• insulting
• lambasting
• scathing
• trashing
• castigating
• bashing
• cursing
• harassing
• jumping (on)
• tying into
• berating
• belaboring
• sailing into
• vituperating
• potshotting
• reviling
• haranguing
• harrying
• vilifying
• reprimanding
• blaspheming
• disparaging
• affronting
• belittling
• whipping
• lighting into
• beating up on
• slandering
• chiding
• libeling
• chastising
• profaning
• slurring
• traducing
• execrating
• fulminating
• rebuking
• bad-mouthing
• blackguarding
• imprecating
• lacing (into)
• aspersing
• lashing (out)
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• commending
• complimenting
• hailing
• lauding
• acclaiming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of savaging

Also promoting Raman is the transportation advocacy group Streets for All, which has produced dozens of digital ads savaging Bass over her record on homelessness, the Palisades fire and other issues. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Interest groups have capitalized on those fears, savaging any politician who dares to touch senior benefits or taxes. — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

But the brutal attack on his girlfriend wasn’t the first time Smith had tried to stop the two pit-bull-and-Catahoua-leopard-mix dogs from savaging someone, according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant filed with the court. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026

For months, the two right-wing media stars had been savaging each other on their respective platforms. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026