The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ACID , but the solution may also be ACERBIC which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Scathing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
ACID | 17 % | 4 |
CAUSTIC | 17 % | 7 |
POISONPEN | 17 % | 9 |
ACERB | 17 % | 5 |
ACERBIC | 17 % | 7 |
MORDANT | 17 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scathing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vituperative
- critical
- bitter
- sharp
- violent
- vitriolic
- unsparing
- acerbic
- trenchant
- sarcastic
- dismissive
- caustic
Crossword Answer definitions
ACID noun- A sour substance.
- Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:
- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- Sour-tempered.
- Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
- Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ACID
- Amino, boric, or citric
- Etcher's need
- Litmus reddener
- Nitric or sulfuric
- Bitter
- Etching fluid
- Kind of test
- Tangy
- Test type
- Word with rock or rain
More clues leading to the result CAUSTIC
- Biting or corrosive
- Incisively sarcastic
- Tart
- Like a sharp sense of humor
- Scathing
- Hardly conciliatory
- Biting
- Corrosive
- Sharp-tongued.
- Biting.
More clues leading to the result POISONPEN
More clues leading to the result ACERB
More clues leading to the result ACERBIC
- Bitter, as in taste
- Sour
- Bitter tasting
- Biting
- Like grapefruits
- Tart
- Bitterly harsh
- Harsh, as criticism
- Harsh
- Biting, as criticism