roasting
The act by which something is roasted.
Other meanings
The act of attempting to humiliating someone or being humiliated in such a way that it appears comedic, especially publicly.
A strong rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).
“My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.”
Related words
- roastingly
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "rostynge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “roasting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.