scarred

[ skahrd ]
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adjective
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  1. (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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of scar1.

Origin of scarred

1
First recorded in 1425–75; scar1 + -ed2 for the adjective senses; scar1 + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from scarred

  • un·scarred, adjective

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