| 单词 | scathing |
| 释义 | scathing (once / 4208 pages) adj Scathing means witheringly harsh. If you enter a singing contest and the judge says that your singing is like that of a toad with laryngitis, that is scathing criticism. Scathing comes from an old Norse verb, to scathe, which means to injure by fire or lighting. Now we use it when someone’s critique is so harsh that it feels like you've been burned. If your best friend turns against you and advertises your faults to the world, and you feel like everyone is staring and talking about you, you are having a scathing experience. WORD FAMILYscathing: scathingly+/scathe: scathes, scathing, unscathed USAGE EXAMPLESThrough scathing glances at bigotry and class hierarchy, Jude conjures a world in flux and connects that world, unforgettably, to our own. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Justice Department issued a scathing report highlighting a culture of aggression within the police force. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Very little assistance from them, but scathing insults and criticism. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) adj marked by harshly abusive criticism his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists Syn vituperative critical marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws |
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