Communication
Synonyms for scathing
The synonym for scathing recorded in this bank is vituperative, in the sense "marked by harshly abusive criticism". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for scathing
- vituperativeadjective, in the sense "marked by harshly abusive criticism"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for scathing.
marked by harshly abusive criticism
His scathing remarks about silly lady novelists.
The true synonym
vituperative
Same sentence, swapped: His vituperative remarks about silly lady novelists.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- stringent
- strident
- violent
Where scathing turns up in the game
scathing is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where scathing is the trap
- stringentadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is tight, in the sense "demanding strict attention to rules and procedures", with scathing sitting one tile away.
Play scathing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so scathing reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from communication at Summit outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
scathing is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.