Practice FrenchC1adjective
cinglant
scathing, stinging (reply, defeat)
Agrees with the noun it describes, in gender and number.
« Sa réponse cinglante a mis fin à la discussion. »
“Her scathing reply put an end to the discussion.”
In other languages
- Spanish mordaz, hiriente (respuesta, derrota)
- Portuguese cortante, ácido (resposta, derrota)
- Arabic لاذع (ردّ، هزيمة)
- German beißend, vernichtend (Antwort, Niederlage)
- Italian tagliente, pungente (risposta, sconfitta)
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