scarred
Americanadjective
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having a scar left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
He is tall and well-built, with a badly scarred face where he was bitten by a shark.
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experiencing the psychological aftereffects of suffering or trauma.
The main character endures childhood abuse and grows up to be a deeply scarred individual who thinks the whole world is against him.
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(of a wound, burn, etc.) having formed a scar in healing.
As healing progresses, the patient must be weaned away from needing a gauze wrap on the closed, scarred wound.
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blemished or marred as a result of damage or use.
Empty corrugated-iron buildings lie amidst a scarred landscape full of rubble.
They furnished their first apartment with a used desk, a badly scarred table, and two old chairs with rickety legs.
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Botany. bearing a mark indicating a former point of attachment, as where a leaf has fallen off.
As the dieffenbachia ages, some of the lower leaves dry up and fall off, leaving a scarred stem that gradually lengthens.
verb
Other Word Forms
- unscarred adjective
Etymology
Origin of scarred
First recorded in 1425–75; scar 1 + -ed 2 for the adjective senses; scar 1 + -ed 1 for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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But when he crouched to the ground, the illusion fell away, and he was met with nothing but a scarred brown floorboard.
From Literature
Yet that hasn't eased the nerves of a nation that Gates says is still "scarred" from the play-off defeats by Sweden and North Macedonia over the past decade.
From BBC
This wasn’t easy, as his father’s chest was scarred from an old wound, so Torak only managed a lopsided oval.
From Literature
The rollout of “Emancipation,” the story of the man whose scarred back is one of the most lasting images associated with American chattel slavery, is its most serious test yet.
From Salon
He was much scarred from fighting, with notched ears and lines on his muzzle, but he was a very good dog—strong and honest—and we liked him.
From Literature
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