scathe

/skeið/

Thân thiện

The storm left the crops without scathe.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Damage, harm, or injury: "Scathe" refers to the act of damaging something or someone, or the resulting harm or injury. It is a formal or literary term.

2. Verb (archaic/rare):

   • To harm or injure: To damage, hurt, or injure someone or something.

Usage

• As a noun: Used to describe physical damage or, more commonly in modern usage, severe criticism or scorn.
• As a verb: This usage is now rare and mostly found in older texts or poetic language.

Examples

• Noun:

  • The building escaped the fire without scathe. (The building was undamaged by the fire.)
  • Her review was full of scathe for the author's latest novel. (Her review contained severe criticism for the author's latest novel.)

• Verb (archaic):

  • The knight's armor protected him; no blade could scathe him. (The knight's armor protected him; no blade could injure him.)

Advanced Usage

• "Without scathe": Unharmed, without suffering any damage or injury.
  • The convoy passed through the dangerous territory without scathe.
• "To scathe with words": To criticize someone very severely.
  • The critic scathed the performance with his sharp review.

Variants and Related Words

• Scathing (adjective): Severely critical; withering.
  • She gave a scathing assessment of his work.
• Unscathed (adjective): Without suffering any injury, damage, or harm.
  • He walked away from the accident completely unscathed.

Synonyms

• Noun: Damage, harm, injury, detriment, devastation.
• Verb: Damage, harm, injure, hurt, devastate.

Antonyms

• Noun: Benefit, boon, repair.
• Verb: Benefit, heal, repair, aid.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "To escape scathe-free": To emerge from a dangerous or difficult situation completely unharmed or without blame.
  • Despite the scandal, the CEO escaped scathe-free.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of damaging something or someone

Từ đồng nghĩa

• damage
• harm
• hurt