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scarred
[skahrd]
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
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Her father was a factory worker, a World War II veteran scarred by his experience abroad.
It is a tough ask for a coach to put the pieces of a scarred team back together and take them to a 50-over World Cup in India as a first major assignment.
His legacy has inspired murder tours and an array of movies, all of which forget that many of the people left psychologically scarred or shaken by Dahmer’s crimes are still alive.
His mission was to reshape an England team scarred by years of Ashes beatings.
On a scarred football pitch, Zaher drags himself across the dirt on his knees, determined to play the game he loves most.
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