scathe

Plural: 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

Verb Forms: scathed, scathing, scathes

To criticize severely and harmfully.
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.

Examples

The chat box comments could SCATHE a player’s confidence after a bad move.

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

damage, harm, hurt, abuse, affront, annoy, bewound, burn, carry, cut down, damnify, dere, dis, disrespect, diss, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, forsweal, forwork, give stick, grieve, harmer, harrow, heckle, 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

scathe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scathe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scathe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

scathe: valid Words With Friends Word