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Scathing
- adjective - marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"
Scatting
- verb - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Scending
- verb - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"
Scenting
- verb - apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day"
- catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
- cause to smell or be smelly
Scheming
- verb - concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"
- devise a system or form a scheme for
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- plotted
- used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
Scoffing
- verb - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
- showing your contempt by derision
- treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
Scolding
- verb - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- rebuking a person harshly
- reprimanded
- show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
Scooping
- verb - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
Scooting
- verb - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Scorning
- verb - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
- reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"