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

Authorities urge those in flood-prone or wildfire-scarred areas to remain vigilant, monitor official alerts, and follow evacuation orders if issued. —Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025

Your vision is compromised from filler gone wrong; your legs are scarred after laser hair removal. —Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Nov. 2025

Areas damaged by the devastating wildfires back in January have put fire-scarred hillsides from Eaton and Palisades blazes at risk of flooding and landslides. —Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025

For the most part, however, the Stranger waltzes around in plain sight, adopting the form of an androgynous teen — their scarred face betraying the wounds of Heaven’s rejection — who baits the Boy into indulging his darkest impulses. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 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