Both Uses
scathing
in
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
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- And if you are even now putting together a scathing remark, let me point out for your lengthy consideration the wonderful and highly advisable option of silence.†
Chpt 15. *scathing = severely harming
- The prow of the ship had hit squarely between two of the giant fig trees and its figurehead had been wedged, unseen and unscathed, while the ship collapsed behind her.†
Chpt 15.unscathed = not severely harmedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscathed means not and reverses the meaning of scathed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(scathing) to severely harm -- especially by fire or through criticism
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)