Synonyms

scarred

American

[skahrd] / skɑrd /

adjective

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.
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.
(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.
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.
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

the simple past tense and past participle of scar.

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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Gandy had been in so many fights he was scarred up like a back alley tomcat, which didn’t seem to help his meanness at all.

From Literature

"When the mines all shut there was deprivation, scarred landscapes, and the valleys have obviously struggled to regenerate themselves from those days."

From BBC

Last year, retail investors outperformed professionals, by wading into the market when the pros were scarred by tariff worries.

From MarketWatch

And it plucks a nerve in a country still scarred by its history of militarism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dumfries House sits alongside areas of high social deprivation in a part of Scotland still scarred by the collapse of the coal mining industry.

From BBC

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