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monstering

British

/ ˈmɒnstərɪŋ /

noun

informal a severe reprimand or scolding; highly critical verbal attack

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They found something, but only after a desperately passive first Test and a monstering by their rugby public.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

"I simply cannot see England losing," wrote Sir Clive Woodward, under a headline predicting a monstering of the Scotland forwards.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

“He came back and he was monstering folks,” Brunner says in the documentary.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 4, 2016

It'll never happen after the preposterous monstering that critics gave John Carter, but Gosling's fellow Canadian has the steely confidence and rough-edged charm to make the part his own.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2013

You failed no one—monsters are the ones who do the monstering, not you.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

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