Antonyms of adj scathing
1 sense of scathing
Sense 1
scathing, vituperative -- (marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing")
INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> uncritical -- (not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer")
Similarity of adj scathing
1 sense of scathing
Sense 1
scathing, vituperative -- (marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing")
=> critical (vs. uncritical) -- (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude")