Scathe — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of damaging something or someone

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈeɪð/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈeɪð/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈeɪð/

1 syllable Say it as /skˈeɪð/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

damage harm hurt

Word Forms

damage	verb	inflict damage upon
harm	verb	cause or do harm to

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vernichten

die Handlung, etwas oder jemandem Schaden zuzufügen

🇫🇷French

cingler

le fait d'endommager quelque chose ou quelqu'un

🇪🇸Spanish

fustigar

el acto de dañar algo o a alguien

🇮🇹Italian

feroce

l'atto di danneggiare qualcosa o qualcuno

🇳🇱Dutch

kwesten

het beschadigen van iets of iemand

🇵🇹Portuguese

ferir

ato de danificar algo ou alguém

🇷🇺Russian

царапать

действие, причиняющее вред чему-либо или кому-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तबाह करना

किसी चीज़ या किसी को नुकसान पहुँचाने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

খোঁচা

কিছু বা কাউকে ক্ষতি করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

கசடு

ஏதாவது அல்லது யாரையாவது சேதப்படுத்தும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

చెదరగొట్టు

ఏదైనా లేదా ఎవరినైనా దెబ్బతీసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

खवले

एखाद्याचे किंवा एखाद्याचे नुकसान करण्याची कृती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખંજવાળ

કંઈક અથવા કોઈને નુકસાન પહોંચાડવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೆರಳಿಸು

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ಅಥವಾ ಯಾರಿಗಾದರೂ ಹಾನಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചൊറിയുക

എന്തെങ്കിലും അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആരെയെങ്കിലും കേടുവരുത്തുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਿਲਾਰ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

کھرچنا

کسی چیز یا کسی کو نقصان پہنچانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

伤害

损害某物或某人的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

傷つける

何かまたは誰かを傷つける行為

🇰🇷Korean

위해

물건이나 사람에게 해를 끼치는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm tổn thương

hành động làm tổn hại một cái gì đó hoặc ai đó

🇹🇭Thai

สะเทือนใจ

การกระทำที่สร้างความเสียหายให้กับบางสิ่งหรือบางคน

🇮🇩Indonesian

membakar

tindakan merusak sesuatu atau seseorang

🇵🇭Filipino

magalit

ang pagkilos ng pagkasira ng isang bagay o isang tao

🇲🇾Malay

pedas

perbuatan merosakkan sesuatu atau seseorang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فظ

فعل الإضرار بشيء أو بشخص ما

🇮🇷Persian

ضربه زدن

عمل آسیب رساندن به چیزی یا کسی

🇹🇷Turkish

ziyan

bir şeye veya birine zarar verme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חרא

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