scald

Meaning

Verb

1. To burn with hot liquid.
2. To heat almost to boiling.

Noun

1. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
2. (Appalachia) Poor or bad land.

Noun

Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
2. (obsolete) Paltry; worthless.

Noun

Alternative form of skald.

Synonyms

burn

scorch

blanch

blister

whip

singe

parboil

criticise

heat

skald

catch

censure

challenge

char

clear

clutch

confiscate

contest

dandruff

denounce

discern

encounter

fault

find

🔍

find fault

flame

grab

grapple

grasp

grill

grip

hit

lambast

lambaste

launder

nab

notice

objurgate

perceive

rap

rebuke

reject

reprehend

reprimand

reprove

run across

run up against

scab

scalded

scalding

Translations

ébouillanter

verbrühen

escaldar

échauder

escaldar

escaldadura

scottare

brûlure

abbrühen

brühen

échaudure

brûler

scalde

Skalde

escaldar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɔld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scalden

In summary

From Middle English scalden, from Old Northern French escalder (cf. central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”).