Scathing synonyms and antonyms

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causticity
The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.
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slashing
Dashing; pelting:
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brutal
Harsh; unrelenting:
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harsh
Unpleasant, uncomfortable, or hostile to survival:
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cruel
Disposed to inflict pain or suffering:
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biting
Causing a stinging sensation; nipping:
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burning
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
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caustic
That can burn, eat away, or destroy tissue by chemical action; corrosive
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corrosive
Gradually destructive; steadily harmful:
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harmful
Of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
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hateful
Evoking a feeling of hatred.
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hurtful
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.
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mordant
Serving to fix colors in dyeing.
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pointed
Clearly evident or conspicuous; marked:
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sarcastic
(Of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
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scalding
Hot enough to scald the skin:
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scorching
Very hot.
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severe
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
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sharp
Fierce or impetuous; violent:
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stinging
Having the capacity to sting.
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sulfurous
Fiery; hellish.
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sulphurous
(Chiefly UK) Alternative spelling of sulfurous.
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truculent
Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.
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virulent
Able to overcome the natural defenses of the host; highly infectious
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vituperative
Using, containing, or marked by harshly critical or irate language.
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corrosiveness
Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste.
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mordancy
The state or quality of being mordant.
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vituperation
Criticism or invective which is sustained and considered to be overly harsh; the act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
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complimentary (antonym)
The definition of complimentary is something that is free or included in a larger cost.
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gentle (antonym)
Not harsh or severe; mild and soft:
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mild (antonym)
(Of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity.
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kind (antonym)
Mild, gentle, forgiving
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generous (antonym)
Having qualities attributed to people of noble birth; noble-minded; gracious; magnanimous
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praising (antonym)
nasty, critical in remarks
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nice (antonym)
1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul:
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acerbic
Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:
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acid
Acid is defined as something that has a sour taste, or something that has a pH of less than 7 in chemistry.
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acidic
(Mineralogy) Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.
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acrid
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent.
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astringent
That contracts bodily tissue and checks secretions, capillary bleeding, etc.; styptic
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cutting
Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing:
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mordacious
Caustic; sarcastic.
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pungent
Penetrating, biting, or caustic:
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trenchant
(Figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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attack (related)
Designed or used for carrying out a hostile or aggressive attack
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respect (related)
So sharp as to cause mental pain
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slamming
To change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
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roasting
To honor at or subject to a roast.
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slapping
To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order:
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scourging
To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
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scoring
(Slang) To acquire or gain.
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lashing
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
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excoriating
To excoriate is defined as to condemn, criticize thoroughly or express strong disapproval.
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drubbing
To defeat soundly.
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blistering
To beat severely
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forthright (related)
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outspoken (related)
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cynical (related)
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Scathing Sentence Examples

  • He gave her a scathing look.

  • May's change of side made him many bitter enemies, and he is the object of scathing condemnation from many of his contemporaries.

  • In April 1754 Townshend was transformed from the position of a member of the board of trade, which he had held from 1749, to that of a lord of the admiralty, but at the close of 1 755 his passionate attack against the policy of the ministry, an attack which shared in popular estimation with the scathing denunciations of Pitt, the supreme success of Single-Speech Hamilton, and the hopeless failure of Lord Chesterfield's illegitimate son, caused his resignation.

  • Matthew Paris said that he had a heart of wax; Dante relegated him to the limbo of ineffectual souls; and later generations have endorsed these scathing judgments.

  • He didn't want to try to interpret the look or await her scathing return, not when he needed to find a place for them go to.

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