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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. . 2006