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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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

Clean larger produce, like melons, with a brush and cut away any bruised or damaged portions.

— Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 July 2026
The federal agency also recommends cutting away any damaged or bruised areas on fruits and vegetables before preparing and eating.

— Michelle Marchante July 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

So the next time your brand wants to bare its teeth, picture Mickey in his tuxedo being attacked by an oversized beaver.

— Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The suspect is believed to be a woman, but investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the teen was attacked by a man wearing women’s clothes, according to a law enforcement source.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

Definition of attacked

Adjective

There may be a faction of owners who see upheaval within the MLB Players Association as evidence of a wounded union, making the timing for a cap push more palatable now.

— Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Ballistic missiles and drones hammered parts of Kyiv, killing at least 19 people in the city and six others in the surrounding region, with dozens more wounded, city officials said.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of wounded

Verb

Before the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized in January 2012, the captain didn't tell the 3,200 passengers that the ship had slammed into a rock.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Note that film-rating site Rotten Tomatoes was part of NBCUniversal for years, and some critics have slammed that ownership structure as being problematic.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of slammed

Adjective

They’re all better served by the heartfelt and humorous beats, rather than the heartfelt and hurt ones.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
Many of the hurt kids were at home when tear gas drifted in from streets where federal agents had deployed the chemical agent against crowds of protesters.

— Lisa Song, ProPublica, 27 May 2026

Definition of hurt

Verb

Davis remembered once being scolded as a teenager by her mother after being caught speaking poorly of a classmate.

— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
Well versed in what the lunar surface truly offers, Britt scolded a number of arty accounts of lunar territory promulgated by both NASA and commercial space ventures.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 22 June 2026

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