roasting

3 definitions • 4 examples

very hot:

It was a roasting summer day.

I'm roasting!

the act of criticizing someone in an angry way:

I got a roasting from Mum for being back late.

an occasion when people humorously criticize and make jokes about a famous person at a public event honouring that person:

David Letterman got a hilarious roasting at the Mark Twain Awards.