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

In a clip from the upcoming physical media release of the show, Lucasfilm explores how its creative team built the tank, and prepared Christensen for playing the scarred character underwater without the help of an oxygen regulator. —Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024

But decades of damage from elk herds’ grazing and trampling so thoroughly changed the landscape that large areas remain scarred and may not recover for a long time, if ever. —Jim Robbins, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024

Then in 1981, this scarred slope that still wore the derelict remnants of its past was discovered by Don and Terry Robertson. —Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024

But Koudelka had looked intently enough at pitted earth, scarred concrete, and polluted water to find lines, shapes, shades, and shadows in gorgeous combinations. —Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024

Through Michaela, a recovering addict who has lived a hard life, the audience learns that their childhood was scarred by parental loss, abuse and the oppressive power of the church in their lives. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024

The Hamas attack on Oct. 7 and the war in Gaza have deeply scarred Palestinian and Israeli societies. —Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024

Cirrhosis is a condition where the liver is scarred and permanently damaged, according to the National Institutes of Health. —Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024

According to doctors, Heather’s liver was severely scarred. —Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above