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- Dictionarymauling/ˈmɔːlɪŋ/
noun
- 1. an attack by an animal causing serious injury: "increased incidences of grizzly bear maulings"
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Meaning of mauling in English. mauling. noun [ S or U ] uk / ˈmɔː.lɪŋ / us / ˈmɑː.lɪŋ / Add to word list. severe criticism of someone or something: Her latest novel got a real mauling in the review that I read. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disapproving & criticizing. anathematize. animadversion. aspersion. aw. backbite. barrel.
1. an instance of being criticized, or the act of criticizing. I suffered a mauling at the hands of the American press. 2. an instance of being seriously injured or damaged, or the act of seriously injuring or damaging.
a group of players in rugby who are all together around a player with the ball off the ground: Hill scored a try after ripping the ball out of a maul.
severe criticism of someone or something: Her latest novel got a real mauling in the review that I read. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disapproving & criticizing. anathematize. animadversion. aspersion. aw. backbite. barrel. boo. criticism. disapprobation. excoriate. fulminate. mordancy. nitpicker. not hold with something. obloquy.
mauling. ( ˈmɑːlɪŋ) n. 1. an instance of being criticized, or the act of criticizing. 2. an instance of being seriously injured or damaged, or the act of seriously injuring or damaging. 3. (General Sporting Terms) sport the act of defeating easily, or an instance of defeating or being defeated easily.
serious and public criticism, especially of a play, film, etc. The play received a mauling from the critics. a severe defeat. They face a mauling by last year's winners. Check pronunciation: mauling. Definition of mauling noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
to handle or use roughly: The gang was mauling her in the parking lot. to injure by rough treatment: The lion tamer was mauled by one of the lions. maul•er , n.
