SCATHED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in damaged

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verb

past tense of scathe

as in attacked

to criticize harshly and usually publicly newspaper cartoonists scathed the lecherous governor with a series of cruel caricatures

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Recent Examples of scathed

Verb

At Fendi’s spring-summer 1993 show, Banks sported a blunt cut blonde wig which scathed her black brows. — Essence, 4 Dec. 2025

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Adjective

The storm brought straight-line winds clocked at 99 mph that tore out trees, toppled utility poles and lines, and damaged homes, as well as torrential rain.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Video showed at least three damaged cars, including a silver vehicle with its entire rear bumper and trunk caved in.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

Evidence publicly presented in the Clancy case indicates Lindsay was the only adult at the family home when investigators believe the children were attacked.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The Defense Ministry in Bucharest said that so far this year, Russia had attacked targets close to Romania's frontier 54 times, representing a significant increase on the 28 attacks close to the border in all of 2025.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacked

Adjective

Rivera, baseball’s career leader in saves, underwent surgery after getting hurt playing center field last year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
New York Yankees / Getty Images Rivera, baseball's career leader in saves, underwent surgery after getting hurt playing center field last year.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurt

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In fact, during testing, the handheld triggered nostalgic memories of playing Final Fantasy Legend and Mario Land 2 on long car rides to my grandparents' house, but without the eye strain and being scolded for playing in the dark as the sun set.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
For over a year, the White House has scolded and threatened the Smithsonian.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of scolded

Adjective

The employee also struck the 34-year-old customer with a metal pole, leaving the customer with an injured arm.

— Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
In his young career, Coker has found himself on the Panthers’ Physically Unable to Perform list and also the injured reserve.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

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