: 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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Hood was physically unharmed, but was scarred by the experience of watching a man who had become his friend die slowly.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
As for the three other captives, Caldwell says at least two remain deeply scarred to this day.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
In Bishop, homicide detective Bishop Graves (Joel Kinnaman) – brilliant, battle-scarred – will put all of his skills to the test in the hunt for an elusive killer targeting San Francisco’s moneyed class.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Soon after, two men attempted to rape her while in a nightclub, leaving her deeply scarred, and as reports indicate, this led her to a care home for worsening psychiatric symptoms.
—Solly Boussidan, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
As for the three other captives, Caldwell says at least two remain deeply scarred to this day.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
In Bishop, homicide detective Bishop Graves (Joel Kinnaman) – brilliant, battle-scarred – will put all of his skills to the test in the hunt for an elusive killer targeting San Francisco’s moneyed class.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Soon after, two men attempted to rape her while in a nightclub, leaving her deeply scarred, and as reports indicate, this led her to a care home for worsening psychiatric symptoms.
—Solly Boussidan, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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 5 Apr. 2026.
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