: 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
Thomas MatthewsAt night, when candlelight softens their scarred and weathered faces, the hard men of the French Foreign Legion begin to sing.—Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine BrooksThe 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
Natalie AngierThe 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
Lois E. NesbittExamples of scarred in a Sentence
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Some of us were permanently scarred by the movie Carrie, after all.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 28 Feb. 2025
The infection can be deadly, but a person who survives this kind of pneumonia may also have scarred lungs, diminishing the ability to breathe normally during everyday activities.
—Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is when a person's bile ducts become chronically inflamed and scarred, impairing bile transport and fat absorption.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
She’s left badly scarred, physically and emotionally, and living in total isolation from the outside world.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 28 Feb. 2025
The infection can be deadly, but a person who survives this kind of pneumonia may also have scarred lungs, diminishing the ability to breathe normally during everyday activities.
—Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is when a person's bile ducts become chronically inflamed and scarred, impairing bile transport and fat absorption.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
She’s left badly scarred, physically and emotionally, and living in total isolation from the outside world.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scarred
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“Scarred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scarred. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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