scathe

Etymology 1
From, , from , from (whence 🇨🇬, ), from.



Noun

 * 1)  Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
 * 2)  Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
 * 3)  An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
 * 4)  Something to be mourned or regretted.
 * 1)  Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
 * 2)  An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
 * 3)  Something to be mourned or regretted.
 * 1)  Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
 * 2)  An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
 * 3)  Something to be mourned or regretted.
 * 1)  An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
 * 2)  Something to be mourned or regretted.

Translations

 * Catalan:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Latin: damnum
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,

Etymology 2
From, , from , from (whence 🇨🇬, ), from ; see further at etymology 1.

Sense 2 (“to harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source”) appears to derive from  by the English poet (1608–1674), perhaps influenced by : see the 1667 quotation.



Verb

 * 1)  To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
 * 2)  To cause monetary loss to (someone).
 * 3)  To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
 * 4)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To cause monetary loss to (someone).
 * 2)  To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
 * 3)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To cause monetary loss to (someone).
 * 2)  To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
 * 3)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
 * 1)  To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.

Translations

 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Malayalam: ക്ഷതപ്പെടുത്തുക
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: причиня́ть вред
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1) Unfortunate, a pity, a shame.
 * 2) * 14th c., . General Prologue: 445-6.