scathing
scathe + -ing
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/icons/point.icon CAUSTIC, MORDANT, ACRID, SCATHING mean stingingly incisive.
CAUSTIC suggests a biting wit.
e.g. caustic comments
MORDANT suggests a wit that is used with deadly effectiveness.
e.g. mordant reviews of the play
ACRID implies bitterness and often malevolence.
e.g. acrid invective
SCATHING implies indignant attacks delivered with fierce severity.
e.g. a scathing satire
adjective
witheringly scornful; severely critical:
〈人･批評などが〉 «…に対して» 手厳しい, 容赦ない, 批判的な «about»
e.g. she launched a scathing attack on the governor.
DERIVATIVES
scathingly |ˈskāT͟HiNGlē| adverb