scathe
[skeyth]
verb (used with object), scathed, scath·ing.
to attack with severe criticism.
to hurt, harm, or injure, as by scorching.
noun
hurt, harm, or injury.
Origin of scathe
before 1000; (noun) Middle English scath(e), scade, schath(e) < Old Norse skathi damage, harm, cognate with Old English sc(e)atha malefactor, injury (with which the Middle English forms with sch- might be identified); (v.) Middle English scath(e), skath(e) < Old Norse skatha, cognate with Old English sceathian
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Related Words for scathe
blister, scourge, slap, attack, score, damn, scorch, slash, lash, pan, castigate, drub, excoriate, flay, lambaste, scarify, vilifyscathe
verb (tr)
noun
Word Origin for scathe
Old English sceatha; related to Old Norse skathi, Old Saxon scatho
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