scathing
Americanadjective
-
bitterly severe, as a remark.
a scathing review of the play.
-
harmful, injurious, or searing.
adjective
-
harshly critical; scornful
a scathing remark
-
damaging; painful
Other Word Forms
- scathingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of scathing
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Lawler took his scathing rebuke to the House floor, again calling it “idiotic.”
From Salon
The content creator, whose sometimes scathing takes on new tech products have helped him amass more than 20 million YouTube subscribers, launched the app in September 2024.
From BBC
The outpouring prompted the federal government to issue a scathing rebuke of the Bom and order immediate changes to the site.
From BBC
In a scathing dissent issued the day after Brown’s ruling, 5th U.S.
From Salon
He is scathing about AI content: “AI is the greatest average ever” and because of AI’s capabilities to produce and reproduce endless content very cheaply, the walls around creating that content will come down.
From MarketWatch
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
