scathing

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪðɪŋ

Adjective

scathing (comparative more scathing, superlative most scathing)

  1. harshly or bitterly critical
    • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
      For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris.
  2. harmful or painful; acerbic

Translations

Verb

scathing

  1. present participle of scathe

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