SCARRED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

scarred

verb

Definition of scarred

past tense of scar

as in bruised

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After the game, Tillman showed up at the press area without shoes on, his sock bloodied where a defender’s cleat had pierced his boot.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Tillman, whose right foot was bloodied before the kick because a Bosnian player stepped on it, still arced a shot over five standing Bosnians, into an unsaveable spot that keeper Nikola Vasilj almost dared Tillman to target.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026

Definition of bloodied

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Along the narrow hallway, bookshelves burst with first editions of John Updike, battered Stephen Kings, graphic novels, dime-store paperbacks, board games, books about mythology, children’s fairy tales, and Warhammer rule sets.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Footage shows the lifeguard holding onto the boy even as the two repeatedly get battered by waves that keep pulling them back into the surf.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of battered

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They are lacerated by propellers.

— Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of lacerated

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Kyiv's military administration said the strikes had killed nine people, and the city's mayor reported 27 people, including four children boys, were wounded and transported to hospital.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Serhiy joked he had been discharged from the military after being seriously wounded on the front line.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of wounded

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Colin Gray’s sentencing represents the end of a harrowing road that began with the September 2024 shooting in which his son, then 14, fatally shot two students and two teachers and injured nine others at his Winder, Georgia, high school.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Colin Gray, father of the teen who killed four people and injured nine others in a 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, is scheduled to be sentenced during a hearing that begins Thursday in a Barrow County courtroom.

— Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of injured

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Earlier this week, tariffs on certain Brazilian goods also took effect under a different legal authority after the administration determined Brazil’s policies had harmed US commerce.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Preliminary injunctions have a high bar and suggest the convenience stores are likely to prevail and could be harmed if the ordinance is not paused.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Definition of harmed

Verb

The lionfish's poisonous spikes can badly hurt anyone who’s stung.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
The use of force is allowed under certain conditions, according to the personnel board’s order, including when an inmate could be assaultive or hurt themselves — which led Green to dismiss CDCR’s allegation against the officer.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of hurt

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