The Only Use of
scathing
in
Animal Farm
- But the men did not go unscathed either.†
p. 104.0unscathed = not severely harmedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscathed means not and reverses the meaning of scathed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to severely harm -- especially by fire or through criticism