scathe

scathe  (sk)

tr.v. scathed, scath·ing, scathes

1. To harm or injure, especially by fire.

2. To criticize or denounce severely; excoriate.

n.

Harm or injury.

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[Middle English skathen, from Old Norse skadha.]

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scathe [skeɪð]

vb (tr)

1. Rare to attack with severe criticism

2. Archaic or dialect to injure

n

Archaic or dialect harm

[Old English sceatha; related to Old Norse skathi, Old Saxon scatho]

scatheless  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scathe - the act of damaging something or someone damage, harm, hurt change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something impairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" wounding, wound - the act of inflicting a wound burn - damage inflicted by fire defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something