hard-hittingadjective
uk/ˌhɑːdˈhɪt.ɪŋ/us/ˌhɑːrdˈhɪt̬.ɪŋ/A speech or piece of writing that is hard-hitting includes strong criticism of something:
The committee published a hard-hitting report on the bank's management.
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Critical & uncomplimentary
- a cheap shot idiom
- acidulous
- astringent
- barbed
- censorious
- critical
- critically
- damning
- deprecating
- disapproving
- disparaging
- ill
- pejorative
- pointed
- snidely
- sniffy
- uncomplimentary
- venomous
- vitriol
- withering
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