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

Mark Smits, a friend of Bearden since their college days at Texas A&M, said an entire community was scarred by Dr. Bob’s death. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025

The stray was scrawny, short-haired, and had a scratched and scarred nose. —Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025

Similarly, there were widespread fears that the initial 33 hostages set to be released over the next 42 days may be emotionally or physically scarred, or even dead. —Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025

The skin can look scarred and is not as strong as uninjured skin.1 How to Know When a Wound Is Not Healing A wound that is not healing correctly will look different than a healthy wound. —Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 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