scarred

adjective

ˈskärd 

: having or marked by a scar or many scars

a scarred finger/face

an old, badly scarred piece of furniture

The old tile on the walls is cracked and grimy; the wooden floor is scarred; pipes and wires look slapdash and dangerous.

—Thomas Matthews

At night, when candlelight softens their scarred and weathered faces, the hard men of the French Foreign Legion begin to sing.

—Geraldine Brooks

The plains of western Wyoming are today a scarred moonscape of gray hills, but 50 million years ago they were mostly swampland, lush with exotic life.

—Natalie Angier

The impression left by her study is that it indeed took fortitude on the part of these authors to channel resentment into creation, to make beautiful texts out of scarred lives.

—Lois E. Nesbitt

Examples of scarred in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To the right were trees scarred by one of the forest fires that have struck the area since, with forecasts of more intense blazes to come. —Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025

This woman will be permanently scarred for the rest of her life, both physically and emotionally. —Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025

This year, with the conflict spiraling out of control, aid workers fear a generation of children will be physically and mentally scarred by such attacks. —Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025

Ledger ingeniously plays the Joker as a chaotic force of nature, a scarred and unknowable ghoul clad in clown paint and a garish suit from Demon's Wearhouse. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scarred

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard