What does "scathed" mean?

simple past and past participle of scathe

What is a synonym for "scathed"?

Common synonyms include: damage, injure, injury, abuse, burn, wound.

Scathed

verb

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Verb

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simple past and past participle of scathe form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

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damage injure injury abuse burn wound

Antonyms

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unscathed

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""Loathed have I lived and useless, since the day / when man's great monarch and the God's dread sire / breathed his avenging blast and scathed me with his fire.""

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