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Definitions for Scathing
[1] bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
[2] harmful, injurious, or searing.
[3] to attack with severe criticism.
[4] to hurt, harm, or injure, as by scorching.
[5] hurt, harm, or injury.
[6] harshly critical; scornful a scathing remark
[7] damaging; painful
[8] rare to attack with severe criticism
[9] archaic , or dialect to injure
[10] archaic , or dialect harm
Words related to Scathing
harsh, trenchant, scorching, withering, searing, sarcastic, caustic, biting, mordant, brutal, burning, cruel, cutting, salty, scornful, severe, mordacious, sulphurous
Words nearby Scathing
scat singing, scat-, scatback, scatemia, scathe, scathing, scato-, scatological, scatology, scatoma, scatophagy
Origin of Scathing
ebefore 1000; (noun) Middle English scath(e ), scade, schath(e ) < Old Norse skathi damage, harm, cognate with Old English sc(e)atha malefactor, injury (with which the Middle English forms with sch- might be identified); (v.) Middle English scath(e ), skath(e ) < Old Norse skatha, cognate with Old English sceathian
Other words from Scathing
scath·ing·ly , adverb
scathe·less , adjective
scathe·less·ly , adverb
Word origin for Scathing
eOld English sceatha; related to Old Norse skathi, Old Saxon scatho
Synonyms for Scathing
biting, caustic, harsh, mordant, sarcastic, scorching, searing, trenchant, withering, belittling, brutal, burning, cruel, cutting, mordacious, salty, scornful, severe, sulphurous