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roasted

roasted

5.8
Made fun of in public, often by comedians or on social media
  • adjective
  • /ˈroʊstɪd/
  • Offensive
translation icon : ridiculizado
  • After his latest performance, the actor was roasted on social media for his over-the-top acting.

And so like I, you know, I got roasted every second.

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Examples

  • During the comedy show, he was hilariously roasted by his friends, making everyone laugh out loud.

  • And so like I, you know, I got roasted every second.

  • The Day I Was Roasted Alive

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  • This thing where you roasted some girl with the braces?

  • AM I being roasted for thinking that that soupy, you know, stuff looks like rich.

  • The only thing that hurts more than getting roasted is people not watching your roast, not caring that how bad you get roasted.

  • He got roasted in the comments from come after Peaches roast.

  • The comedian's roast of the celebrity included playful jabs that had the audience in stitches.

Antonyms

342 1.6

A polite remark that praises someone or something

161 1.0

Words or actions that show admiration for someone

Compounds

Turkey meat cooked in an oven and served as a main dish

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

How Mocked

humiliated
  • Offensive
1 3.7
roasted
  • Offensive
5.8
teasing
2.7

Surface Forms

roasted positive

Morphology

roasted = roast (semi-transparent) = roast + ed

The suffix '-ed' indicates a past participle or adjective form, but the meaning shift to 'publicly ridiculed' is not a standard derivation.

Etymology

Roasted also means 'publicly made fun of', and this sense comes from the cooking image of roast — like 'cooking' someone with hot jokes. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine comedians warming up a guest with funny insults, which is why being roasted means being made fun of in public.