SLAG Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of slag

chiefly British

as in to blame

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama

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Recent Examples of slag

Verb

Someone was slagging someone else, someone was telling an outraged story, someone was discussing the logistics of the night. — Literary Hub, 22 May 2025 That’s not meant to slag his breakout 30-goal season, though. — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025

Noun

The result was a golf course built on top of a mountain of slag — a rocky waste product from steel production — that was capped with bio-solids that are treated human waste. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2026 Indonesia uses two types of smelters, which produce potential pollutants — either tailings or slag — which can leach into the ground or water if not stored properly. — NPR, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for slag

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slag

Verb

Hammer’s been leaning into the Jerry Springer comparisons lately, and who can blame him?

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
The latest incident came more than a decade after South Korea blamed the North for land mine explosions that maimed two South Korean soldiers and sharply raised tensions between the countries in August 2015.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of blame

Verb

The group of senators — which includes all Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Africa panel — criticized both sides of the conflict.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
In 2021, Cruz sought to revoke Major League Baseball’s century-old antitrust immunity after the MLB decided to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to a new Georgia voting law civil rights groups had criticized as restrictive.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticize

Noun

The questions of who and why are a mystery for the season to solve, but old adversaries like Frank Harkness and Peter Judd have emerged from the sludge around now, too, and there’s an overwhelming sense now of chickens coming home to roost.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
The United States is losing to one of its worst enemies in a war that has left the American economy mired in the sludge of growing inflation and rising energy prices.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of sludge

Verb

Some are condemned swiftly and harshly, others are shrugged off almost entirely.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The countries that have thus far condemned Israeli actions during the 2026 assembly stretched beyond its regional rivals like Jordan, Turkey, Qatar, and Iran.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of condemn

Noun

One only has to follow the money to understand why progress isn’t accelerating at the same rate that fashion waste is accumulating.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Following the manufacturer’s dosing instructions cuts both detergent use and packaging waste.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026