Scathingness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being scathing. uncountable

    "For all his scathingness, and despite his unremitting intellect, Mr. Joyce was a romantic when it came to women."

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"For all his scathingness, and despite his unremitting intellect, Mr. Joyce was a romantic when it came to women."

Etymology

From scathing + -ness.

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