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Satire works when most people get the joke and a few write scathing condemnations of why it's not funny.

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marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

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adjective

marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for scathing.

adjective

marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

Example sentences

Satire works when most people get the joke and a few write scathing condemnations of why it's not funny.

Shouldn't Extremetech know what Apple is doing since you just finished writing a scathing blog post about it?

In the second legal battle that Aereo won back in 2012, the lone dissenting judge in the US Court of Appeals in NY had a scathing critique of Aereo's scheme.

> Top Gear are only scathing of Tesla due to being sued by them over a jokeThe "joke" being that the car doesn't have the range that Tesla claims and that you're likely to be stranded as a result.

I could threaten to beat you with one for disagreeing that it's the best thing ever, knowing full well I could continue writing scathing retorts online with it immediately after, but I won't... Because it's not the best ever /for everyone/.I have an Apple keyboard at work.

Have you ever actually engaged these people you refer to, to explore if they have this depth of knowledge you seem to require them to have to have an opinion?Are you equally scathing of the millions that vote to keep me from having rights because their preacher on Sunday that they blindly listen to, tell them I'm a filthy sinner?

Every time I read a "scathing" attack on C/C++ for being the worst language the author ever heard of, I hear Jack Sparrow's reply in my head "Ahh... but you have heard of me".Somehow despite the litany of crippling deficiencies, C/C++ have managed to be the foundation of every piece of technology a consumer or a computer professional will ever touch in their daily life.

If they tell me the reason they want out is because they are bored, then the obvious next question is 'why do you find it boring'.This article should be titled How to make life easier for a non-technical hiring manager as I can almost guarantee your approach will contradict the thought process of most decision makers within the tech start-up community as opposed to getting a job offer from 'every company they apply to'.Sorry to be so scathing as there are some useful pieces of info in your article however the title angered me.