Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See scatheful.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete harmful; pernicious

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Examples

  • 'Tis not to be denied, O mighty queen, I alone am to blame for this scathful scathe.

    The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway

  • ’Tis not to be denied, O mighty queen, I alone am to blame for this scathful scathe.

    The Nibelungenlied 2007

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