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bodyshame

bodyshame 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 bodyshame

third-person singular presentbodyshames
present participlebodyshaming
past participlebodyshamed
pastbodyshamed

Questions about bodyshame

What is bodyshame the alternative form of?
Bodyshame is the alternative form of body-shame.

Words near bodyshame in the dictionary

  1. bodyplate
  2. bodyplates
  3. bodypopper
  4. bodyscape
  5. bodyscapes
  6. bodyshame
  7. bodyshamed
  8. bodyshamer
  9. bodyshamers
  10. bodyshames
  11. bodyshaming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bodyshame (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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