| slovo | definícia |
scathing
(encz) | scathing,kousavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scathing
(encz) | scathing,ostrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Scathing
(gcide) | Scathe \Scathe\ (sk[=a][th]; 277), Scath \Scath\ (sk[a^]th;
277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed (sk[=a][th]d or
sk[a^]tht); p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing (sk[=a][th]"[i^]ng or
sk[a^]th"-).] [Icel. ska[eth]a; akin to AS. scea[eth]an,
sce[eth][eth]an, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG.
scad[=o]n, Goth. ska[thorn]jan.]
To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
[1913 Webster]
As when heaven's fire
Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul.
--W. Irving.
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scathing
(wn) | scathing
adj 1: marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing
remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative
railing" [syn: scathing, vituperative] |
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scathing
(encz) | scathing,kousavý adj: Zdeněk Brožscathing,ostrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scathingly
(encz) | scathingly,kousavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
scathing
(wn) | scathing
adj 1: marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing
remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative
railing" [syn: scathing, vituperative] |
scathingly
(wn) | scathingly
adv 1: in a scathing and unsparing manner; "she criticized him
scathingly" [syn: scathingly, unsparingly] |
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