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scathing Adjective harshly critical: there was a scathing review of the play in the paper [Old Norse skathi harm] scathingly adv
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scathing Translations scathing adj scathing [ˈskeiðiŋ] cruel, bitter, or hurtful scathing comments; He was very scathing about her book. kwetsend قاسٍ، مُر، مُؤْذٍ язвителен krutý, kousavý hudflettende vernichtend καυστικός, σκληρός, φαρμακερός mordaz, incisivo, duro salvav آزارندخ؛نيش دار murhaava cinglant נוֹקֵב कटु oštar, preziran csípős, metsző menyakiti hati illvígur; harkalegur mordace, severo 痛烈な 통렬한, 상처를 입히는 kandus, negailestingas dzēlīgs; iznīcinošs pedas vernietigend knusende, flengende, sviende cięty cáustico aspru; sever едкий, злой ostrý oster nemilosrdan skarp, dräpande, bitande, svidande เจ็บแสบ incitici, kırıcı 嚴厲的 їдкий, різкий; нещадний تیز، جلا کٹا nghiêm khắc 严厉的 adv scathingly kwetsend بِقَسْوَه، بِمَرارَه язвително sžíravě hudflettende vernichtend σκληρά, φαρμακερά mordazmente, incisivamente, duramente salvavalt به طرز توهين آميز murhaavasti d'une manière cinglante בְּאוֶפן נוֹקֵב कटुतापूर्वक oštro, prezirno csípősen secara menyakitkan harkalega mordacemente 痛烈に 통렬하게 kandžiai, aštriai dzēlīgi; iznīcinoši dengan pedas vernietigend bitende, sarkastisk, skarpt zjadliwie causticamente aspru; sever едко, зло ostro ostro nemilosrdno skarpt อย่างเจ็บแสบ incitici bir şekilde 嚴厲地 їдко, різко; нещадно دل آزاری سے nghiêm khắc 严厉地 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In spite of this the old man inspired in all his visitors alike a feeling of respectful veneration- especially of an evening when he came in to tea in his old-fashioned coat and powdered wig and, aroused by anyone, told his abrupt stories of the past, or uttered yet more abrupt and scathing criticisms of the present. The cries of the two parties were now in sound an interchange of scathing insults. This is a poetical epitome of some of the scathing criticism of scholars which appears in the first of the "Thoughts out of Season"--the polemical pamphlet (written in 1873) against David Strauss and his school. |
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