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    scathing
    /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. witheringly scornful; severely critical: "he unleashed a scathing attack on his former boss"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCATHING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Scathing means criticizing someone or something in a severe and unkind way. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › scathingScathing Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Scathing means painfully harsh or bitterly severe. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history and usage from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › scathingSCATHING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Scathing means very critical or harsh of something or someone. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, synonyms, and related words.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › scathingSCATHING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Scathing means criticizing someone or something in a severe and unkind way. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.

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    Scathing means bitterly severe, as a remark, or harmful, injurious, or searing. Learn how to use this adjective in a sentence and find synonyms for scathing.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › scathingScathing - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Scathing means witheringly harsh. If you enter a singing contest and the judge says that your singing is like that of a toad with laryngitis, that is scathing criticism. Scathing comes from an old Norse verb, to scathe, which means to injure by fire or lightning.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › scathingScathing - definition of scathing by ... - The Free Dictionary

    Scathing means bitterly denunciatory or harshly critical, or harmful or painful. Find the origin, usage, and examples of scathing and related words in English and Spanish.