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scathing Definition


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scathing
adj
    1. Scornfully critical; detrimental.
      Example: Margaret Thatcher launched a scathing attack on John Major
      Thesaurus: withering, searing, caustic, cutting, severe, excoriating, scornful, biting, acerbic, trenchant; Antonym: gentle, benign, bland.
Derivative: scathingly
adverb
    Etymology: 18c: from Norse skathe injury.



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