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- Dictionaryscathing/ˈskeɪðɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. witheringly scornful; severely critical: "he unleashed a scathing attack on his former boss"
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SCATHING definition: 1. criticizing someone or something in a severe and unkind way: 2. criticizing someone or…. Learn more.
The meaning of SCATHING is bitterly severe. How to use scathing in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scathing.
SCATHING meaning: 1. criticizing someone or something in a severe and unkind way: 2. criticizing someone or…. Learn more.
If you say that someone is being scathing about something, you mean that they are being very critical of it. His report was scathing about all terror groups. [ + about] He then launched a scathing attack on previous leaders. Synonyms: critical, cutting, biting, harsh More Synonyms of scathing.
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.
Scathing definition: bitterly severe, as a remark. See examples of SCATHING used in a sentence.
Define scathing. scathing synonyms, scathing pronunciation, scathing translation, English dictionary definition of scathing. adj. 1. Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical: "a scathing tract on the uselessness of war" . 2. Harmful or painful; injurious. scath′ing·ly adv.
