(Britain, dialectal, Scotland) Harmful; scatheful.

present participle of scathe

harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic / harmful or painful; acerbic

(countable, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury. / (countable) Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.

(archaic or Scotland) To harm or injure (someone or something) physically. / (specifically, obsolete) To cause monetary loss to (someone).

simple past tense and past participle of scathe

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scathe

(obsolete) harmful; pernicious

(obsolete) The quality of being scathful; harm.

(UK dialectal, archaic) Alternative form of scathe (“harm; damage”)