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Synonyms of scaith

24 similar words

Another word for scaith is hurt. Other synonyms of scaith are damage, harm, wound, abuse and injure.

Synonyms and similar words for scaith

verbTo injure; to wound.

  • damageTo impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
  • harmTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
  • abuseTo injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
  • bewoundTo wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
  • do damage to
  • do for UKTo doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
  • do illTo harm, to injure.
  • do violence toTo gravely harm.
  • harrowTo break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
  • hurtTo cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
  • injureTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  • maulTo savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
  • put someone in hospital UKTo injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
  • scatheTo harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
  • wet slangTo kill or seriously injure.
  • woundTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
  • annoy archaicTo molest; to harm; to injure.
  • damnify obsoleteTo damage physically; to injure.
  • dere UK, archaicTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  • forwork archaicTo do wrong to; injure; scathe.
  • grieve archaicTo harm.
  • mayhem archaicTo violently inflict injury on (someone); to injure, to wound.
  • misdo archaicTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
  • vulnerate archaicTo wound, cause to become vulnerable.

Meaning of scaith

  1. noun Injury; wound.
  2. verb To injure; to wound.

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Questions about synonyms of scaith

What is another word for scaith?
Scaith has 24 synonyms on Word.ws, such as hurt, damage, harm, wound, abuse, injure, maul and harrow.
What does scaith mean?
Scaith means injury; wound.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scaith (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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