scathefuladj.
/ˈskeɪðfʊl/ archaic.
Hurtful, harmful, injurious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]
litherc893
scathefulc900
balefulOE
orneOE
teenfulOE
evilc1175
venomousc1290
scathela1300
prejudiciala1325
fell?c1335
harmfula1340
grievous1340
ill1340
wicked1340
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
mischievousc1390
unwholesomea1400
undisposingc1400
damnablec1420
prejudiciable1429
contagiousc1440
damagefulc1449
pestiferous1458
damageable1474
pestilent?a1475
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
pestilential1531
tortious1532
pestilentious1533
nocive1538
offensivea1548
vitiating1547
dangerous1548
offending1552
dispendious1557
injurious1559
offensible1575
offensant1578
baneful1579
incommodious1579
prejudicious1579
prejudical1595
inimicous1598
damnifiable1604
taking1608
obnoxious1612
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
nocumentous1644
disserviceable1645
inimical1645
detrimentous1648
injuring1651
detrimental1656
inimicitial1656
nocumental1657
incommodous1677
fatal1681
inimic1696
nociferous1706
damnific1727
inimicable1805
violational1821
insalutary1836
detrimentary1841
wronging1845
unsalvatory1850
damaging1856
damnous1870
wack1986
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious
litherc893
scathefulc900
orneOE
teenfulOE
atterlichc1050
evilc1175
wicka1250
scathela1300
deringa1325
unkindc1330
harmfula1340
ill1340
wicked1340
shrewdc1380
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
infectivea1398
unwholesomea1400
annoying?c1400
mischievous1414
damnablec1420
contagiousc1430
mischievable?a1439
damagefulc1449
damageable1474
unhappy1474
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
hurtful1526
sinistral1534
nocive1538
offendent1547
offensivea1548
dangerous1548
naughtya1555
dispendious1557
offensible1575
wrackful1578
baneful1579
hindersome1580
scandalizing1593
damnifiable1604
taking1608
toadish1611
illful1613
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
obnoxious1638
nocumentous1644
vicious1656
nocumental1657
abnoxious1680
dungeonable1691
offending1694
hurtsomea1699
nociferous1706
sinister1726
damnific1727
hazardous1748
slaughtering1811
damaging1856
damnous1870
lethal1942
c900 tr. Gregory's Dial. 209 Swa þonne geweorðeð þæt we becumað þonne fram þam idlan wordum to þam sceaðfullum.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 249 Gif the hapnys ony thing, That anoyus or scathfull [1489 Adv. scaithfull] be.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. i. 34 And sum, wondring, the skaithfull gift beheld.
1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Bjv This water..withdryveth the scadefull swellyng in the bely.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. v. 15 Hercules..with skathfull strokes bestird his Club so well,..that [etc.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 52 With which such scathfull grapple did he make, With the most noble bottome of our Fleete. View more context for this quotation
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 80 That scathful rust should prey upon its stalks.
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