fat shame

A form of fat-shame — To criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.

Meanings

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

present singular third person fat shames · participle present fat shaming · participle past fat shamed · past fat shamed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fat-shame.
    1 more example

    The coverage of Ms. Doherty was reflective of a time “when publications would attack, would fat shame, would ugly shame, would anorexia shame,” said Stephen Galloway, the dean of the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., and a former executive editor of The Hollywood Reporter.

    2021 October 9, Maria Cramer, quoting Stephen Galloway, “In Candid Photos, Shannen Doherty Shows the Ravages of Breast Cancer”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
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APA

fat shame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20shame

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fat shame,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20shame.

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