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body shame

body shame is the alternative form of body-shame.

Meaning of body-shame

Verb

body-shame (third-person singular simple present body-shames, present participle body-shaming, simple past and past participle body-shamed)

  1. (transitive) To criticize or deride (someone) because of their physical appearance.
    • EastEnders actor Adam Woodyatt has revealed he will be just as “rude and offensive” to people who bodyshame him in public.2020 May 2, Jacob Stolworthy, “EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt reveals brutal response to people who bodyshame him in public”, in The Independent

Forms of body shame

third-person singular presentbody shames
present participlebody shaming
past participlebody shamed
pastbody shamed

Questions about body shame

What is body shame the alternative form of?
Body shame is the alternative form of body-shame.

Words near body shame in the dictionary

  1. body pump
  2. body scan
  3. body scans
  4. body servant
  5. body servants
  6. body shame
  7. body shamed
  8. body shamer
  9. body shamers
  10. body shames
  11. body shaming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: body shame (page history and authors); body-shame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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