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

By the 1960s, both Holman and Clift were too deeply scarred to benefit from the decade’s social revolutions. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 23 July 2026

Laura Gersony Mark Lamb, the scandal-scarred former sheriff of Pinal County, has won his southeast Valley congressional primary, according to the Associated Press. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026

These pests feed on most Cucurbit plants, and signs of them include discolored leaves, stunted plants, and scarred fruit in their wake. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 20 July 2026

Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Newman said Vogler and his family attended Thursday’s hearing in Danville Circuit Court, where the visibly scarred councilman made an emotional statement about how the attack had altered his life. — ABC News, 25 June 2026

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