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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Scathing here?
Hi, Does "scathing" here a verb or adj ?
"Winning Our Future has aired scathing ads about Romney’s business record"
"Winning Our Future has aired scathing ads about Romney’s business record"
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Scathing is used here as an adjective, telling you what kind of advertisements they were.
- Scathing is used here as an adjective, telling you what kind of advertisements they were.
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Scathing is used here as an adjective, telling you what kind of advertisements they were.
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My dictionary combines them as "bitterly severe," which is how I would use it.
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It's an older dictionary: Merriam-Webster, Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition.
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