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scathingly

/ˈskeɪðɪŋli/ adv

In a scathing manner.

Word Origin From Old Norse skaði 'harm, damage' — so scathing originally meant 'harming, damaging'. That's why a scathing remark is one that wounds; the negative sense developed from the idea of causing injury. The same root gives us unscathed (not harmed), and the -ing and -ly suffixes make it an adverb describing how the harm is delivered.

adv In a scathing manner.

The critic scathingly dismissed the film as amateurish and pretentious.

(副词) 尖刻地；刻薄地；辛辣地

评论家尖锐地批评这部电影业余且矫揉造作。

(adverbio) mordazmente; caústicamente; hirientemente; incisivamente [De manera mordaz, cáustica o devastadora.]

El crítico descartó la película de manera mordaz, calificándola de amateur y pretenciosa.

(adverbe) de manière cinglante; caustiquement; mordamment; avec virulence; d'un ton mordant [De manière cinglante, mordante et très critique.]

Le critique a **scathingly** rejeté le film en le qualifiant d'amateur et de prétentieux.

(Adverb) vernichtend; beißend; scharf [**scathingly** *Adv.* auf eine scharf kritisierende, verletzende oder vernichtende Weise; mit beißendem Spott oder Tadel.]

Der Kritiker lehnte den Film **scathingly** als amateurhaft und prätentiös ab.

(副詞) 厳しく痛烈に。容赦なく批判する様子。

評論家は、その映画を未熟で気取ったものとして厳しく退けた。

(advérbio) mordazmente; causticamente; acerbamente [De maneira mordaz.]

O crítico descartou o filme de forma mordaz, chamando-o de amador e pretensioso.

Synonyms: harshly severely bitterly caustically bitingly sharply vitriolically acerbically Antonyms: gently mildly softly kindly
Word parts: scath + ing + ly

Common collocations

say verb of prep be verb

Related words

unscathed

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