brickbat
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affront, barb, cut, dart, dig, dis (also diss) [slang], epithet, gird, indignity, insult, name, offense (or offence), outrage, personality, poke, put-down, sarcasm, slap, slight, slur
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Mr Johnson is hyper-sensitive to the brickbats of the liberal elite into which he was born, and sulked after the referendum when his neighbours in Islington turned against him. — Boris Johnson, The Economist, "Boris Johnson, illusionist," 4 July 2019 And Mr Biden may not be up to dealing with the brickbats this guarantees him. — Lexington | Washington, The Economist, "Joe Biden struggles in the Democratic primary debate," 28 June 2019 Lenny, who was accustomed to brickbats, picked himself up and kept his conducting dates, but Jamie believes that Felicia, suffering from public humiliation, was never the same. — David Denby, The New Yorker, "Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes," 16 June 2018 Years of critical brickbats toughened Albee’s already tough hide and taught him to trust only himself. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: Is Edward Albee ‘At Home at the Zoo’? You Bet He Is.," 21 Feb. 2018 Winfrey resisted hurling brickbats at the president, but her DeMille acceptance speech was nonetheless sharply topical. — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, "What Oprah Winfrey said in her show-stopping Golden Globes moment," 8 Jan. 2018 If so, would the gesture be worth the brickbats for participating in the charade? — Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle, "Should minority coach play along with Raiders’ charade?," 3 Jan. 2018 Yet Trollope also recognized that brickbats too readily brandished lose their power to stun. — Thomas Mallon, New York Times, "Should Critics Aim to Be Open-Minded or to Pass Judgment?," 29 Aug. 2017 Still, for all the brickbats thrown at it, the Nafta trade deal itself had a relatively modest impact, most studies agree. — Eduardo Porter, New York Times, "Nafta May Have Saved Many Autoworkers’ Jobs," 29 Mar. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'brickbat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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