scathe
Meanings
Plural: scathe, scathed, scathes
Noun
- the act of damaging something or someone
- Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
- Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
- An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
- Something to be mourned or regretted.
Verb
- To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
- To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
- To cause monetary loss to (someone).
- To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
- To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English scath, scathe [and other forms], from Old Norse skaði (“damage, harm; loss; death; murder”), from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage, scathe; one who causes damage, injurer”, noun) (whence Old English sċeaþa, sċeaþu (“scathe, harm, injury”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁t- (“damage, harm”). Cognate with German Schaden (“damage, harm”).
cognates
* Scots skaith
* Dutch schade
* German schaden
* Norwegian skade
* Swedish skada
* Icelandic skaði
* Polish szkoda
* Russian шко́да (škóda)
* Belarusian шко́дa (škóda)
* Ukrainian шко́да (škóda)
Synonyms
abuse, affront, annoy, bewound, burn, carry, cut down, damage, damnify, dere, dis, disrespect, diss, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, forsweal, forwork, give stick, grieve, harm, harmer, harrow, heckle, hurt, hurt someone's feelings, incinerate, injure, insult, lapidate, maul, misbid, misdo, misrespect, misuse, offend, put someone in hospital, qualifier, scaith, scathe, singe, sledge, slight, sneap, torch, vulnerate, wet, wound
Scrabble Score: 11
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