The phrase "a scathing note" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a written communication that is harshly critical or severely reprimanding in tone.
Example: "The manager sent a scathing note to the team, highlighting their numerous mistakes in the project."
Alternatives: "a harsh message" or "a critical letter".
In a scathing eulogy, Danforth noted that Schweitz had believed that other Republicans, including state party chairman John Hancock, were behind the rumors that he was Jewish, and claimed that a hurtful House of Cards-themed attack ad mocking the auditor's appearance may have pushed Schwietz over the edge (it compared him Daniel Knotts).
This is true, but after Allentown Medical Services closed down — it had lost its lease — the state sent a scathing letter to Brigham, noting that the Department of Health had long "witnessed a chronic inability by A.M.S. to comply with the most fundamental statutory and regulatory requirements".
In a scathing ruling last week, Judge Karlton noted that the treatment of the seriously mentally ill in California prisons continues to violate prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment — even though he has issued more than 100 court orders in the past 17 years to improve the care after this inmate class-action suit was filed in 1995.
As Ben Eltham notes in a scathing review of the policy here, according to a comprehensive scientific review of soil carbon technology by the CSIRO last year, "a general lack of research in this area is currently preventing a more quantitative assessment of the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils".
The Chrysler chief executive sent a scathing letter by fax to Mr. King, noting that he had flown in from Europe to finish the negotiations.
The ruling featured a marker for how the Court may view other disclosure challenges in the future in the form of a scathing rebuke by Justive Antonin Scalia, a noted conservative voice on the Court, to opponents of disclosure.
Subhash K. Jha called the film an "embarrassment", critic Suparn Verma, in a scathing review, criticised Kapadia's performance, noting that she "wears a permanent scowl" throughout the film, and Bella Jaisinghani of The Indian Express, calling the film "inconsequential", concluded her review writing that she wonders "what made Dimple Kapadia do this to herself".
In a scathing article on Bloomberg's website, Jonathan Weil notes that Ms White participated in the defence of many people and institutions at the heart of the financial collapse.
But a scathing review by The Cochrane Collaboration in 2007 noted the possibility of serious complications and concluded that "compared with conventional management, intragastric balloon did not show convincing evidence of greater weight loss".
