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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. 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.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCATHING 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.

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

    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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › scathingscathing adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Scathing means criticizing somebody or something very severely in a way that shows no respect. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, pronunciation, pictures and example sentences.