"scathing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/ Forms: more scathing [comparative], most scathing [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪðɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} scathing (comparative more scathing, superlative most scathing)
  1. Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic. Translations (harshly or bitterly critical): язвителен (jazvitelen) (Bulgarian), mordaç (Catalan), kousavý (Czech), pureva (Finnish), terävä (Finnish), cinglant (French), ätzend (German), bitter (German), bissig (German), caustico (Italian), آجی (acı) (note: of words) (Ottoman Turkish), ferino (Portuguese), е́дкий (jédkij) (Russian), хлёсткий (xljóstkij) (Russian), zajedljiv (Serbo-Croatian), acre (Spanish), acerbo (Spanish), inmisericorde (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scathing-en-adj-g1TM2k0q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 5 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 0 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 3 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 0 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 80 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 78 6 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 69 17 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 0 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 0 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 67 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 0 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 78 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 0 9 Disambiguation of 'harshly or bitterly critical': 100 0
  2. Harmful or painful; acerbic. Translations (harmful or painful): враждебен (vraždeben) (Bulgarian), увреждащ (uvreždašt) (Bulgarian), acerbe (French), bitter (German), grausam (German), hiriente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scathing-en-adj-H6jj5ZnE Disambiguation of 'harmful or painful': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scathingly, scathingness

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskeɪðɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪðɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scathing
  1. present participle and gerund of scathe Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: scathe
    Sense id: en-scathing-en-verb-mZ4gTnUC
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "code": "ota",
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
          "word": "آجی"
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "roman": "jédkij",
          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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          "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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      "roman": "jazvitelen",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "язвителен"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "mordaç"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "kousavý"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "pureva"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "terävä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "cinglant"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "ätzend"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "bitter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "bissig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "caustico"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "note": "of words",
      "roman": "acı",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "آجی"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "ferino"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "jédkij",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "е́дкий"
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      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "хлёсткий"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "zajedljiv"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
      "word": "acre"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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      "sense": "harshly or bitterly critical",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "harmful or painful",
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      "word": "grausam"
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