Question of the Day #109

"The Simpsons' verdict on Trump's first 100 days is in and it's scathing"
From the headline of this article at Mashable.

上記の文で、scathingの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "scathing" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


厳しく批判する、酷評する

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

bitterly severe, as a remark

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

比喩的な使い方は、1852年から。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

Of words, speech, etc., from 1852.

Examples

• a scathing review of the book
• a scathing rebuttal of the latest theory concerning the assassination
• "scathing as some of the portraits are, the writer is by no means merely cynical." The Marriage of William Ashe, Mrs. Humphry Ward
• "scathing comments by Franklin on Thomas Penn's meanness, 138." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2), Wiliam Cabell Bruce
• "scathing sentences already took shape in his brain, but deeper investigation would be necessary before he could write anything." We Two, Edna Lyall