All English words - page 5162

Meanings of Scathing:

adjective

Witheringly scornful; severely critical.

Usage examples:

She launched a scathing attack on the prime minister

verb

Harm; injure.

Usage examples:

He was barely scathed

Meanings of Scathingly:

adverb

In a way that criticizes someone or something severely or unkindly

Usage examples:

She spoke scathingly of the poor standard of work done by her predecessor.

Meanings of Scatological:

adjective

Relating to or characterized by an interest in excrement and excretion.

Usage examples:

Scatological humour

Meanings of Scatology:

noun

An interest in or preoccupation with excrement and excretion.

Usage examples:

The subtle interweaving of scatology and death is positively freudian.

Meanings of Scatophagous:

adjective

(of an insect or other animal) feeding on dung; coprophagous.

Meanings of Scats:

verb

Go away; leave.

Usage examples:

Scat! leave me alone

noun

Droppings, especially those of carnivorous mammals.

Usage examples:

Fresh bear scat

exclamation

Said to make an animal go away quickly

Usage examples:

Go on – scat! get off my chair!

Meanings of Scatted:

verb

Go away; leave.

Usage examples:

Scat! leave me alone

noun

Improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument.

Usage examples:

A scat rendition

Meanings of Scatter:

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

noun

A small, dispersed amount of something.

Usage examples:

A scatter of boulders round the pothole mouth

Meanings of Scatter-cushion:

noun

A small decorative cushion

Usage examples:

A few scatter cushions would help to brighten up that old sofa.

Meanings of Scatter-diagram:

noun

A graph with points representing amounts on it, often with a line joining the points to show the pattern of the data

Usage examples:

A scatter diagram shows the relationship between two variables.

Meanings of Scatter-rug:

noun

A small decorative rug (= piece of heavy cloth for covering the floor) that is designed to be moved around

Usage examples:

Why don't we hide that stain on the carpet with a scatter rug?

Meanings of Scatterbrain:

noun

A person who tends to be disorganized and lacking in concentration.

Usage examples:

She struck me as a bit of a scatterbrain

Meanings of Scatterbrained:

adjective

(of a person) disorganized and lacking in concentration.

Usage examples:

A scatterbrained blonde

Meanings of Scatterbrains:

noun

A person who tends to be disorganized and lacking in concentration.

Usage examples:

She struck me as a bit of a scatterbrain

Meanings of Scattered:

adjective

Occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together.

Usage examples:

The forecast is for scattered showers

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

Meanings of Scattergram:

noun

Another term for scatter diagram.

Meanings of Scattergraph:

noun

Another term for scatter diagram.

Meanings of Scattergun:

noun

A shotgun.

Usage examples:

Unlike the vast majority of semiauto scatterguns, the benelli is not a gas gun.

adjective

Another term for scattershot.

Meanings of Scattering:

noun

An act of scattering something.

Usage examples:

The colossal wastage involved in a random scattering

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

Meanings of Scatterings:

noun

An act of scattering something.

Usage examples:

The colossal wastage involved in a random scattering

Meanings of Scatterplot:

noun

A graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.

Meanings of Scatterplots:

noun

A graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.

Meanings of Scatters:

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

noun

A small, dispersed amount of something.

Usage examples:

A scatter of boulders round the pothole mouth

Meanings of Scattershot:

adjective

Denoting something that is broad but random and haphazard in its range.

Usage examples:

You cannot take a scattershot approach to a public relations campaign

Meanings of Scattier:

adjective

Absent-minded and disorganized.

Usage examples:

Julia sees herself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty