SCATHING


Meaning of SCATHING in English

adjective

Etymology: from present participle of scathe (II)

: bitterly severe

silenced him with a scathing look

braved his scathing scorn

looked as though he had been through some scathing ordeal — Agnes M. Cleaveland

• scath·ing·ly adverb

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