scathing[adjective]Synonyms: critical, biting, caustic, cutting, harsh, sarcastic, scornful, trenchant, withering
Related Words: brutal,
burning,
scorching,
searing,
sulphurous [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
scath‧ing /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/
adjective[
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: scathe 'to harm' (12-20 centuries), from Old Norse skatha]
a scathing remark criticizes someone or something very severely
scathing attack/remark/comment etc
a scathing attack on the government’s planned tax increasesscathing about He’s always been so scathing about psychiatrists.—scathingly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲