'Scathe' definitions:
Definition of 'scathe'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Scathe'
From: GCIDE
- Scathe \Scathe\ (sk[=a][th]; 277), Scath \Scath\ (sk[a^]th; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed (sk[=a][th]d or sk[a^]tht); p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing (sk[=a][th]"[i^]ng or sk[a^]th"-).] [Icel. ska[eth]a; akin to AS. scea[eth]an, sce[eth][eth]an, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scad[=o]n, Goth. ska[thorn]jan.] To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. [1913 Webster]
- As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'scathe'
From: GCIDE
- Scath \Scath\ (sk[a^]th; 277), n. [Icel. ska[eth]i; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. scea[eth]a, sca[eth]a, foe, injurer, OS. ska[eth]o, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. 'askhqh`s unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v.] Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.] [1913 Webster]
- But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treble satisfaction. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Scathe
Synonyms of 'scathe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- assail,
- attack,
- bankruptcy,
- befoul,
- bewitch,
- blight,
- blister,
- breakage,
- breakdown,
- castigate,
- collapse,
- condemn,
- corrupt,
- crack-up,
- crippling,
- crucify,
- curse,
- damage,
- defile,
- deprave,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- dilapidation,
- disablement,
- disadvantage,
- disrepair,
- disserve,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- encroachment,
- envenom,
- excoriate,
- flay,
- fustigate,
- get into trouble,
- give the business,
- harass,
- harm,
- hex,
- hobbling,
- hurt,
- hurting,
- impair,
- impairment,
- incapacitation,
- infect,
- infringement,
- injure,
- injury,
- inroad,
- jinx,
- lash,
- loss,
- maiming,
- maltreat,
- mayhem,
- menace,
- mischief,
- mistreat,
- molest,
- mutilation,
- outrage,
- persecute,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- roast,
- ruination,
- ruinousness,
- sabotage,
- savage,
- scarify,
- scorch,
- scourge,
- sickening,
- skin alive,
- slash,
- spoiling,
- taint,
- threaten,
- torment,
- torture,
- trounce,
- violate,
- weakening,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wrong