slagging

Verbally tearing down

Slagging is harsh criticism or mockery, especially the sustained kind exchanged between friends or rivals.

Common in British and Irish English: The slagging in the pub got brutal after his team lost.

In industrial contexts, slagging refers to the formation or removal of slag—the waste material from metal smelting.

insult

mocking

Scornfully imitating or ridiculing

teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
roastingCooking with dry heat
ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing

taunting · jibing · jeering · banter · ridicule · derision · sarcasm · put-down · sledging · ragging

metallurgy

scoria

Porous volcanic ejecta

drossMetalwork's floating refuse
clinkerFused coal residue
smeltingExtracting metal from ore

furnace · molten · impurities · refining · blast · iron · steel · copper · residue · byproduct

criticize

criticizing

Voicing negative assessment

denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
condemningExpressing severe disapproval
disparagingExpressing negative judgment

berating · lambasting · attacking · trashing · panning · blasting · savaging · rubbishing · bad-mouthing · running down

Categories

Irish Slangcraic, eejit, gobshite, banjaxed, gas
ore processingcrushing, grinding, crushers, flotation, magnetic separation
Ulster Slangwee, aye, craic, eejit, wean
banterbanter, teasing, ribbing, joshing, kidding
metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
Gaelic Wordsslainte, craic, bodhran, Gaelic, Irish

Opposites

verbal evaluation

slaggingpraising

Voicing admiration

complimenting · lauding · extolling · commending · flattering

social treatment

slaggingdefending

Protecting against harm

supporting · championing · backing · boosting · encouraging

Phrases

slagging offCriticizing harshly, informally

Family

slag, slags, slagged

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