scuffed

[ skuhft ]

adjective

1. marred or scratched by scraping or hard use:

   He had on a worn-out old coat, workman's pants, and scuffed boots.

   Close to the trunk of the car he found scuffed tracks that looked to have been made by small, thin-soled shoes.

   I looked under the bed and pulled out a scuffed suitcase with frayed cardboard corners.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of scuff.

Other Words From

• un·scuffed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scuffed¹

scuff ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Slap an 80-grit disc on your sander and focus on the scuffed and damaged parts of the board.

From Popular-Science

Hall said she had scuff marks on her knees and Lee’s thumb prints on her arms.

From Washington Post

There are more scuffed-up Chuck Taylors than spit-shined Rockports.

From The Daily Beast

The only victor in this melee—if scuffed, dirty, and covered in broken glass—was the United States and its political institutions.

From The Daily Beast

Leroy had survived, but had an injured wing and a scuffed beak.

From The Daily Beast

Then, I recognized my son's scuffed sneakers sticking out from the blanket.

From The Daily Beast

Somebody had scuffed his right shoe in getting out and now he pulled up the pant leg of his dark grey suit to study it ruefully.

From Project Gutenberg

I scuffed my feet in them, and even hung one from my ear, as children do, while Hard Cider regarded me scornfully.

From Project Gutenberg

Raf could see nothing to so rivet their attention but a series of scuffed marks in the dust which covered the floor.

From Project Gutenberg

He thought it was his own until he failed to recognize the scuffed, grimy interior.

From Project Gutenberg

And she scuffed off to the house, mumbling, "De muxinest thing I done evah seen."

From Project Gutenberg