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scathingness

scathingness noun: the quality of being scathing.

Noun

scathingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being scathing.
    • For all his scathingness, and despite his unremitting intellect, Mr. Joyce was a romantic when it came to women.2003, Jefferey Simons, Silverpowdered olivetrees: reading Joyce in Spain

Origin of scathingness

From scathing + -ness.

Questions about scathingness

What does scathingness mean?
Scathingness means the quality of being scathing.
What part of speech is scathingness?
Scathingness is a noun.

Words near scathingness in the dictionary

  1. scatheth
  2. scathful
  3. scathfulness
  4. scathing
  5. scathingly
  6. scathingness
  7. scathless
  8. scathlessly
  9. scathlessness
  10. scathold
  11. scatholds

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