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draconian | scathing |

As adjectives the difference between draconian and scathing

is that draconian is very severe, oppressive or strict or draconian can be (obsolete|except in fiction) of or resembling a dragon while scathing is harshly or bitterly critical.

As a verb scathing is

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draconian

English

Etymology 1

From the Athenian lawmaker , known for making harsh laws.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very severe, oppressive or strict.
    • The Soviet regime was draconian .
    The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today.
  • * 2009 , Stuart Macintyre, A Concise History of Australia , page 125
    • The conflict in the countryside resulted in a far more draconian punishment. The Southern Cross flag flew over the camps of striking shearers, who in revenge for their victimisation burned grass, fences, buildings and even riverboats
    Synonyms
    * (very severe) cruel, hard, harsh, oppressive, rigid, strict, stringent

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, except in fiction) Of or resembling a dragon
  • * {{quote-book, 2006, Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates, Book Two, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Oxnv04gItNAC&pg=PA384, page=384, isbn=0765348799
    • , passage=The dragon came low to the earth. It defied every image of a draconian being Kulp had ever seen. }}
  • * 2009 , Jacob Silvia, Qhoenix , page 73
    • A large sandwyrm (which isn't to be confused with a sandworm) popped its draconian head from the earth.
  • * 1973 , Doctor Who]]'', ''Frontier in Space , by [[Page title, Malcolm Hulke.
    • Although used as a noun, 'Draconion' is the name of a fictional, humanoid, dragon-like race from the 26th centuary, who originate the planet Draconia.
    Synonyms
    * (resembling a dragon) draconic, dragonlike

    Anagrams

    * English eponyms

    scathing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • harshly or bitterly critical
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris.}}
  • harmful or painful; acerbic

    • Verb

    (head)

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