scathing

The definition of scathing is something or someone severely and harshly critical.

(adjective)

When your boss gives you a terrible and overly critical review, this is an example of something that could be described as a scathing review.

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See scathing in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

searing; withering; harsh or caustic: scathing remarks

Origin: prp. of scathe

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See scathing in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical: “a scathing tract on the uselessness of war” (Pierre Brodin).
  2. Harmful or painful; injurious.

Related Forms:

  • scathˈing·ly adverb

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