Associations to the word «Scathing»
Noun
- Glance
- Worst
- Pseudonym
- Essay
- Journalist
- Gandhi
- Response
- Speech
- Letter
- Calling
- Observer
- Temptation
- Harrison
- Magazine
- Controversy
- Handling
- Lack
- Comedy
- Judge
- Chronicle
- Praise
- Prosecution
- Editor
- Attitude
- Poem
- Reputation
- Churchill
- Anti
- Portrait
- Hitler
- Failure
- Accused
- Savage
- Popularity
- Pay
- Democracy
- Verse
- Cameron
- Commentator
- Memoir
- Herald
- Justice
- Reaction
- Book
- Fraud
- Behaviour
- Exposure
- Movie
- Revelation
- Read
- Wallace
- Pope
- Investigation
- Author
- Poet
- Christianity
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SCATHING, adjective. Harshly or bitterly critical
SCATHING, adjective. Harmful or painful; acerbic
SCATHING, verb. Present participle of scathe
Dictionary definition
SCATHING, adjective. Marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.