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SCATHING

\skˈe͡ɪðɪŋ], \skˈe‍ɪðɪŋ], \s_k_ˈeɪ_ð_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of SCATHING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

of Scath

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

of Scath

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Injurious; hurtful; blasting; severe or bitter; as, scathing remarks.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Damaging; merciless in severity.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Withering; destroying.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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