Scathing

• (adj) witheringly scornful; severely critical; “Kejriwal launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister”

Scathing (स्केदिंग / स्कैदिंग) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

• तीखा, हानि पहुंचाने वाला, नुकसान पहुंचाने वाला

Scathing Origin

• Middle English: from Old Norse skathi (noun), skatha (verb); related to Dutch and German schaden (verb).

Scathing in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

• Nick Smith dodges questions on scathing environment report.
• Modi is doing ‘khoon ki dalaali’: Rahul’s scathing attack on PM.
• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made a scathing attack on the BJP state government in Gujarat for utilizing force during the Patel agitation.
• BJP at the national council launched a scathing attack on Pakistan following the Uri terror attack.
• He’s a punk, he’s a dog, he’s a pig: Robert De Niro’s scathing attack on Donald Trump.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of scathing

• scathing = scary + thing

Scathing Pronunciation