scathing
adjective
scath·ing
ˈskā-ṯẖiŋ 
: bitterly severe
a scathing condemnation
scathingly
adverb
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Examples of scathing in a Sentence
a scathing review of the book
a scathing rebuttal of the latest theory concerning the assassination
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Even the European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi highlighted what the region is losing out on in a scathing report last month.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 21 Oct. 2024
Miller-Lerman disagreed in a scathing retort, saying that to find the laws unconstitutional could disenfranchise 59,000 Nebraska residents who have been eligible to vote since the 2005 law passed and that such a finding would consolidate power in the executive branch.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Yet the film, which NBC News saw ahead of its theatrical release, paints an often scathing portrait.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Sunlight streamed into the breakfast room, where Robert and his wife Catriona served us an exceptional full Scottish breakfast that changed my husband’s previously scathing opinion on haggis.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 21 Oct. 2024
Miller-Lerman disagreed in a scathing retort, saying that to find the laws unconstitutional could disenfranchise 59,000 Nebraska residents who have been eligible to vote since the 2005 law passed and that such a finding would consolidate power in the executive branch.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Yet the film, which NBC News saw ahead of its theatrical release, paints an often scathing portrait.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Sunlight streamed into the breakfast room, where Robert and his wife Catriona served us an exceptional full Scottish breakfast that changed my husband’s previously scathing opinion on haggis.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Scathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scathing. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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