adj. | 1. | highly critical; making light of; |
2. | causing or capable of causing complete destruction; |
Adj. | 1. | devastating - making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert Synonyms: annihilating, withering |
2. | devastating - wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" | |
3. | devastating - physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" Synonyms: crushing |