n. [ Icel. skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS. skaðo, 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 ]

Scath

{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scathed p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing ] [ Icel. skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan, sceððan, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scadōn, Goth. skaþjan. ] 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 ]

Scathful

a. Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Scath"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Scathless

a. Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scathly

a. Injurious; scathful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

scathing

(adj) marked by harshly abusive criticism, Syn. vituperative, Example:his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists; her vituperative railing

scathingly

(adv) in a scathing and unsparing manner, Syn. unsparingly, Example:she criticized him scathingly

damage

(n) the act of damaging something or someone, Syn. harm, hurt, scathe

unharmed

(adj) not injured, Syn. whole, unhurt, unscathed

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腾腾

[腾腾 / 騰騰, téng téng] steaming; scathing #41619

百战不殆

[百战不殆 / 百戰不殆, bǎi zhàn bù dài] to come unscathed through a hundred battles (成语 saw, from Sunzi's Art of War). #64843

知彼知己，百战不殆

[知彼知己，百战不殆 / 知彼知己，百戰不殆, zhī bǐ zhī jǐ, bǎi zhàn bù dài] Knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (成语 saw, from Sunzi's Art of War).

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辛口

[からくち, karakuchi] (n, adj-no) (1) dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); (2) salty (taste); (3) harsh; scathing; (P)

針を含んだ言葉

[はりをふくんだことば, hariwofukundakotoba] (exp) stinging (scathing) words

痛言

[つうげん, tsuugen] (n, vs) cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words

痛烈

[つうれつ, tsuuretsu] (adj-na, n) severe; bitter; scathing; (P)

放りっぱなし

[ほうりっぱなし, hourippanashi] (adv) untouched; unrestrained; unscathed

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