scathe
To harm or injure physicallyTo harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
Meaning
4 senses(Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
(Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, obsolete, specifically, transitive)To cause monetary loss to (someone).
причиня́ть вредpričinjátʹ vred
(UK, archaic, broadly, dialectal, literary, poetic, transitive)To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, figuratively, transitive)To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
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Translations
5 languagesOrigin
From Middle English scathen (“to harm, attack, defeat”) [and other forms], from Old NorseFrom Middle English scathen (“to harm, attack, defeat”) [and other forms], from Old Norse skaða (“to damage, harm; to hurt, injure”), from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną (“to damage, harm; to injure”) (whence Old English sceaþian, scaþian (“to harm, hurt, injure, scathe”)), from *skaþô (“damage, scathe; one who causes damage, injurer”, noun); see further at etymology 1.
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Forms
scathes, scathing, scathed, scathedSynonyms
66 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle