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Adjective

Harshly or bitterly critical in expression

Inclined to express negative or disapproving comments

Verb

(somewhat rare) Bringing harm or injury to

Present participle for to blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language

Present participle for to lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument

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Adjective

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Harshly or bitterly critical in expression

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

unfavorable^US

rubbing the wrong way

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

straight from the shoulder

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

accidentally on purpose

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

smouldering^UK

thirsting for revenge

smoldering^US

somber^US

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

as cross as two sticks

in a mood

foul-tempered

hot-blooded

having got out of bed the wrong side

humourless^UK

humorless^US

sombre^UK

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“He went on to launch a characteristically scathing attack on the newspaper, and on the eyewitness testimonies of the night in question.”

Adjective

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Inclined to express negative or disapproving comments

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

cavilling^UK

unfavorable^US

caviling^US

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Verb

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(somewhat rare) Bringing harm or injury to

vandalizing^US

vandalising^UK

driving a nail into the coffin of

maltreating

playing merry hell with

discoloring^US

putting the kibosh on

pulverizing^US

putting out of action

pulverising^UK

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

vaporizing^US

minimizing^US

vaporising^UK

minimising^UK

levelling^UK

leveling^US

having a bad effect on

putting out of commission

making unattractive

throwing monkey wrench in

raining on someone's parade

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

crashing

pulling the rug out from under

throwing a monkey wrench into

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

distorting the shape of

having a negative effect on

dumping on

handling roughly

doing mischief to

striking at the foundations

running onto the rocks

dashing to pieces

damaging beyond repair

spiking

dimming

aborting

biasing^US

biassing^UK

colouring^UK

sapping the strength of

coloring^US

costing

causing the loss of

resulting in damage to

resulting in harm to

leading to the end of

causing the sacrifice of

bringing someone to their knees

rendering ineffective

cancelling^UK

canceling^US

tunnelling^UK

tunneling^US

exerting influence on

preventing from moving

preventing from working

rendering powerless

bringing to a screeching halt

rendering inoperative

making ineffective

bringing to a standstill

pummelling^UK

rendering null and void

upending

devaluating

losing strength

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Verb

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Present participle for to blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

burning someone's ears

crawling all over

raking over the coals

tying into

pinning your ears back

beating up on

putting someone on the griddle

putting someone on the hot seat

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

pummelling^UK

casting aspersions on

giving a bad press to

besmirching

sledging

admonishing

hauling over the coals

throwing brickbats at

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone a roasting

bagging on

giving someone a bad press

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

calling over the coals

jumping down one's throat

going for the jugular

lashing out at

letting someone have it

giving someone a bollocking

criticizing severely

rapping over the knuckles

tearing to shreds

giving someone a rollicking

jumping down someone's throat

doing a hatchet job on

giving something a bad press

tearing to pieces

giving something a battering

passing strictures upon

giving bad press

taking on

lashing out

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

giving someone a wigging

giving a talking-to

calling down

dragging over the coals

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving someone a mouthful

pulling up

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone some stick

giving someone a rating

leaning on

giving someone a caning

giving someone what for

giving someone an earful

rapping someone the knuckles

dragging through the mud

dishonoring^US

look down one's nose at

bringing into disrepute

dragging through the mire

speaking badly of

blackening the name of

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

satirizing^US

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

sullying the reputation of

taking a swipe at

blackening the reputation of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

satirising^UK

conducting a smear campaign against

ragging on

spreading scandal about

running smear campaign

bringing down

holding up to ridicule

running a smear campaign against

reviewing unfavorably

giving a tongue-lashing

blackening the character of

holding someone to blame

shooting full of holes

bringing discredit to

dragging someone's name through the mud

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

hurting somebody's feelings

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

regarding with disgust

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

blackening someone's name

turning up one's nose

taking the piss out of

making fun of

heaping scorn on

treating with contempt

vanquishing

confusing

ripping up

causing to feel small

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone eat humble pie

making ashamed

settling someone's hash

casting down

bringing low

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

putting to shame

putting out of countenance

giving your opinion of

writing a critique of

commenting on

reading through

correcting

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“I strongly scathe the opponent for their unethical tactics during the game.”

Verb

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Present participle for to lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument

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