scathing
How many syllables in scathing?
There are 2 syllables in the word scathing.How to pronounce scathing:
Synonyms for scathing:
acerbic
acid
acidic
acidulous
acrid
barbed
biting
caustic
corrosive
critical
cutting
cynical
harsh
ironic
ironical
mordant
pungent
sarcastic
sardonic
satiric
satirical
scalding
sharp
snarky
tart
Antonyms for scathing:
admiring
adultory
agreeable
amicable
appeasing
approving
basic
benign
blah
bland
blunt
calm
calming
complimentary
consoling
contributing
courteous
dull
encouraging
eulogistic
flattering
flavorless
flavourless
fortifying
friendly
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- elapsed
- prompted
- hugged
- orchid
- condone
- reacquaint
- prevailed
- distressed
- disrobed
- fleeting
- rafflesia
- tatter
- rending
- frightful
- nodded
- mangey
- ticked
- obscured
- peba
- heroic
- farthest
- senseless
- opposed
- hampered
- endear
- behoove
- athirst
- haply
- nearside
- unspoiled
- crackling
- hydro
- plumage
- begging
- abrupt
- unstressed
- brightly
- orange
- scruffy
- feeling
- Zeitgeist
- brownish
- succumb
- courteous
- dangle
- iron
- eschew
- gobbled
- abril
- realness
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