verb
- to criticize someone or something severely
Usage: formal
Examples
- The critic scathed the new movie in her review.
- The senator was scathed by the press for his controversial remarks.
- Her scathing comments left him feeling humiliated.
- The editorial scathed the mayor’s handling of the crisis.
- The teacher scathed the student for plagiarizing the essay.
- The book review scathed the author’s poor research methods.