Synonyms for Scathing:

• adj.

  •abusive (adjective)
  • invective,
  • Maligning,
  • rude,
  • opprobrious,
  • Castigating,
  • upbraiding,
  • Traducing,
  • slanderous,
  • insolent,
  • scolding,
  • contumelious,
  • Reviling,
  • scathing,
  • libelous,
  • Vilifying,
  • defamatory,
  • sharp-tongued,
  • offensive,
  • scurrilous,
  • derisive,
  • Calumniating,
  • insulting.
  •brutal (adjective)
  • cruel.
  •carping (adjective)
  • nagging,
  • overcritical,
  • deprecatory,
  • bellyaching,
  • criticizing,
  • grumbling,
  • whining,
  • grouchy,
  • moaning,
  • quibbling,
  • Griping,
  • caviling,
  • Fault-finding,
  • niggling.
  •caustic (adjective)
  • pithy,
  • satiric.
  •cutting (adjective)
  • wounding,
  • crisp,
  • sardonic,
  • probing,
  • hurtful,
  • clear-cut,
  • raw,
  • malicious.
  •incisive (adjective)
  • concise,
  • terse,
  • satirical,
  • laconic,
  • succinct,
  • drilling.
  •ironic/ironical (adjective)
  • contradictory,
  • alert,
  • twisted,
  • ridiculous,
  • scoffing,
  • mocking,
  • contemptuous,
  • burlesque,
  • implausible,
  • arrogant,
  • exaggerated,
  • sneering,
  • cynical,
  • quick-witted,
  • witty,
  • defiant,
  • incongruous,
  • spicy,
  • Chaffing,
  • Backbiting,
  • clever,
  • Jibing,
  • wry.
  •mordant (adjective)
  • disrespectful,
  • mean.
  •pungent (adjective)
  • zestiest,
  • zesty,
  • zestier,
  • pro-vocative,
  • ex citing,
  • salter,
  • saltest,
  • pro vocative.
  •scathing (adjective)
  • belittling,
  • sulphurous.
  •severe (adjective)
  • flinty,
  • ironhanded,
  • hardnosed,
  • unsmiling,
  • iron-handed.
  •stinging (adjective)
  • more aculeate,
  • most aculeate.
  •tart (adjective)
  • tangy,
  • most vinegary,
  • most acetose,
  • more acetose,
  • more vinegary.
  •truculent (adjective)
  • co-wing,
  • most cowing,
  • in-humane,
  • badtempered,
  • more vituperous,
  • bad tempered,
  • in human,
  • more browbeating,
  • more terrorizing,
  • most browbeating,
  • in-human,
  • most vituperous,
  • more cowing,
  • most terrorizing,
  • co wing.
  •virulent (adjective)
  • most splenetic,
  • un-friendly,
  • un-friendlier,
  • un friendliest,
  • un-friendliest,
  • un friendlier.

• n.

  •
  • ad hominem,
  • accusatory,
  • accusing.
  •
  • attack,
  • respect.

• v.

  •attacking (verb)
  • lashing,
  • invading,
  • raiding,
  • pounding,
  • savaging,
  • hitting,
  • rioting,
  • hammering,
  • Bombarding,
  • battering,
  • Charging,
  • Assaulting,
  • Assailing,
  • fighting,
  • barraging,
  • trouncing,
  • thrusting,
  • striking,
  • attacking,
  • Harrying,
  • Violating,
  • raping,
  • Scarifying,
  • Combating,
  • Storming,
  • Lunging,
  • Flaying.
  •scathe (verb)
  • slash,
  • castigate,
  • vilify,
  • scarify,
  • slap,
  • read the riot act to,
  • flay,
  • excoriate,
  • put someone on the griddle,
  • drub,
  • pan,
  • blister,
  • rip into,
  • shoot down,
  • scourge,
  • scorch,
  • pin someone's ears back,
  • score,
  • lash,
  • put someone on the hot seat,
  • burn someone's ears,
  • lash into,
  • rake over the coals,
  • crawl all over.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ironic.
  •Other relevant words:
  • derisory,
  • malefic,
  • disdainful,
  • unsparing,
  • Outraging,
  • Marring,
  • ill-tempered,
  • contentious,
  • Impairing,
  • unpleasant,
  • barbarous,
  • malevolent,
  • lossing,
  • sour,
  • combative,
  • bellicose,
  • warlike,
  • malignant,
  • pugnacious,
  • poisonous,
  • unkind,
  • spiteful,
  • distressing,
  • Scourging,
  • excoriating,
  • strict,
  • invidious,
  • ravaging,
  • antagonistic,
  • testy,
  • Harming,
  • obstreperous,
  • surly,
  • hostile,
  • sullen,
  • belligerent,
  • smart-mouthed,
  • Ridiculing,
  • vicious,
  • Cavilling,
  • Injuring,
  • curmudgeonly,
  • feral,
  • Prejudicing,
  • scrappy,
  • bad-tempered,
  • wasting,
  • snarky,
  • crusty,
  • Aspersive,
  • smart-alecky,
  • smart aleck,
  • piquant,
  • pricing.

Paraphrases for Scathing:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    bitter.

Antonyms for Scathing:

• adj.

  • abusive
    complimentary, respectful.
  • biting
    sweet.
  • carping
    forgiving.
  • caustic
    unsarcastic.
  • cutting
    pleasant.
  • incisive
    gentle.
  • ironic/ironical
    considerate, deferential.
  • scathing
    kind, praising, generous, nice.
  • Other antonyms:
    droll, diplomatic, hospitable, waggish, good-natured, polite, amusing, bland, affable, uncritical, sportive, sociable, urbane, genial, smooth, gracious, cordial, good-humored, playful, suave, merry.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    noncritical, noncrucial.

Homophones for Scathing:

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