FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY: Cinglant

Cinglant: Angry, hurtful, scathing; often used to describe overly-critical, harsh words or discourse.

As seen in: « Le Canada ne se fera pas d’amis s’il continue à dénigrer l’Organisation des Nations unies (ONU), ont affirmé lundi les partis d’opposition à la suite d’un discours cinglant du ministre des Affaires étrangères, John Baird, devant l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU à New York. »

(Translation: “Canada won’t make any friends if it continues to denigrate the United Nations (UN), the opposition parties stated Monday after a scathing speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird before the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.”)

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/10/01/le-canada-ne-va-pas-se-faire-damis-selon-lopposition

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