SCARRED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

scarred

verb

Definition of scarred

past tense of scar

as in bruised

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And then he’s almost immediately captured by Grant men who return him beaten and bloodied to Arch Bug.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Walsh was discovered upstairs, bloodied after apparently cutting herself with a knife, responding officers reported.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of bloodied

Verb

Famous for viral stunts that often leave him bruised, battered, or, in at least one instance, hospitalized, Peters has faced a slew of legal battles while documenting his physical transformation for his more than 2 million followers.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Officials haven’t determined how the sinkhole was formed, but it was likely caused by the unusually strong Hurricane Marie that battered California in early September.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of battered

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Handsink nearest kitchen entrance from seating area damaged and peeling off of wall.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Much of Jewish Iraqi American conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz’s work focuses on re-creating or giving new life to religious materials that were stolen, damaged or destroyed amid war and persecution.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of damaged

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In the Dnipro area, rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble Tuesday morning, after a Russian attack killed one person and wounded 17, local authorities said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
The gunfire killed 31-year-old Constance Hages, who was pregnant, and wounded six other people.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of wounded

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Meaningful change usually doesn’t happen until a disabled person has been harmed.

— Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
Mosey said that historically many shelters, including Whiskers Pet Rescue, would not let black cats get adopted around Halloween over fears they could be harmed or be used maliciously.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of harmed

Verb

Amar Shergill, a frequent Newsom critic and former progressive caucus chair within the state Democratic Party, said Newsom’s associations with those high rollers would hurt him in a presidential campaign.

— Liam Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
That in turn hurt stocks of big oil companies, which had been rallying for much of the year.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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