scathing
I
adjective
acerbus, acrimonious, aculeatus, biting, brutal, burning, cruel, cutting, damaging, envenomed, excoriating, harmful, harsh, hurtful, insulting, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mordacious, mordax, rancorous, scatheful, searing, severe, sharp, spiteful, stinging, trenchant, unbenevolent, uncharitable, uncompromising, ungentle, unkind, venemous, virulent, vitriolic, withering
II
index
bitter (penetrating), critical (faultfinding), harsh, incisive, mordacious, trenchant
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006