1
[ adjective ] deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury

Examples

"Could her scarred mind ever be free of fear?" "a face scarred by anxiety" "the fire left her arm badly scarred"

Related terms

marked

2
[ adjective ] blemished by injury or rough wear

Synonyms

marred

Examples

"the scarred piano bench" "walls marred by graffiti"

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

He stared at the clerk who sat at a scarred and ancient fumed-oak desk stuffing envelopes .

Related terms

blemished

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Rhymes with

card discard postcard shard starred guard postcard chard charred canard yard barred bard marred nard lard scorecard hard stockyard girard disregard schoolyard dockyard bombard regard avant-garde godard safeguard avant-garde retard bernard lombard shipyard backyard courtyard bodyguard brickyard junkyard fragonard vanguard lifeguard fugard boulevard diehard barnyard farmyard churchyard leotard graveyard lumberyard

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

scared screed scoured sciarid scrod Sciaridae Schroeder Schroeden schrod scratched Schartz screwtop Schwartz Schroder Schrader Scaridae Scardino Scardina score_out Schroeter Scartella

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