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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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  2. 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.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySCATHING | 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.

  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 › dictionary › englishSCATHING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Scathing means very critical or harsh, or causing damage or pain. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, synonyms, collocations and word origin.

  6. 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.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › scathingSCATHING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Scathing definition: bitterly severe, as a remark. See examples of SCATHING used in a sentence.

  8. 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.