adj
Meaning 1
Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scathing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈskeɪðɪŋ/
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rhymes with -eɪðɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S K EY1 DH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Harmful or painful; acerbic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of scathe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
marked by harshly abusive criticism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists
- her vituperative railing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vituperative
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: язвителен (jazvitelen) — harshly or bitterly critical
- Catalan: mordaç — harshly or bitterly critical
- Czech: kousavý — harshly or bitterly critical
- Finnish: pureva — harshly or bitterly critical
- Finnish: terävä — harshly or bitterly critical
- French: cinglant — harshly or bitterly critical
- German: ätzend — harshly or bitterly critical
- German: bitter — harshly or bitterly critical
- German: bissig — harshly or bitterly critical
- Italian: caustico — harshly or bitterly critical
- Portuguese: ferino — harshly or bitterly critical
- Russian: е́дкий (jédkij) — harshly or bitterly critical
- Russian: хлёсткий (xljóstkij) — harshly or bitterly critical
- Serbo-Croatian: zajedljiv — harshly or bitterly critical
- Spanish: feroz — harshly or bitterly critical
- Spanish: mordaz — harshly or bitterly critical
- Ottoman Turkish: آجی (acı) — harshly or bitterly critical
- Bulgarian: враждебен (vraždeben) — harmful or painful
- Bulgarian: увреждащ (uvreždašt) — harmful or painful
- French: acerbe — harmful or painful
- German: bitter — harmful or painful
- German: grausam — harmful or painful
- Spanish: hiriente — harmful or painful