scathing

English

Adjective

scathing (comparative more scathing, superlative most scathing)

1. harshly or bitterly critical
   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, Guardian:

     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

Translations

harshly or bitterly critical

Bosnian: zajedljiv (bs) m. Czech: kousavý (cs) m.

French: cinglant (fr) m.

harmful or painful

French: acerbe m.,f.

Verb

scathing

1. Present participle of scathe.

Anagrams

• chasting