Thesaurus: shend
To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.
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Definitions
- n. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.
- n. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.
- 1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] "Loss of time shendeth us." Chaucer. I fear my body will be shent. Dryden. 2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. [Archaic] R. Browning. The famous name of knighthood foully shend. Spenser. She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars. Spenser.
- n. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. n. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.