We were surprised to hear him make such scathing remarks about his best friend.
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Scathing
//ˈskeɪðɪŋ//
Synonyms for "scathing" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- враждебен adj (harmful or painful)
- увреждащ adj (harmful or painful)
- язвителен adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Catalan
1 entries- mordaç adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Czech
1 entries- kousavý adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Finnish
2 entries- pureva adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
- terävä adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
French
2 entries- acerbe adj (harmful or painful)
- cinglant adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
German
4 entries- bissig adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
- bitter adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
- bitter adj (harmful or painful)
- grausam adj (harmful or painful)
Italian
1 entries- caustico adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آجی adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Portuguese
1 entries- ferino adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Russian
2 entries- е́дкий adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
- хлёсткий adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- zajedljiv adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Spanish
3 entries- feroz adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
- hiriente adj (harmful or painful)
- mordaz adj (harshly or bitterly critical)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Her scathing putdown made it clear what she thought of his comments.
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Tom was unprepared for the scathing criticism meted out to him by his boss.
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Tom wrote a scathing review of Mary's book.
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