Communication

Synonyms for scathing

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitCommunication

marked by harshly abusive criticism

His scathing remarks about silly lady novelists.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

vituperative

Same sentence, swapped: His vituperative remarks about silly lady novelists.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for scathing as it is used in the sentence above.

stringent
strident
violent

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