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Scathing
//ˈskeɪðɪŋ// adj, verb
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Adjective
- 1 Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
"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.
Adjective
- 1 marked by harshly abusive criticism wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of scathe form-of, gerund, participle, present
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