Meaning & use
scarred
Marked by a scar or scars, whether physical marks on the skin or lasting emotional damage.
See it in a sentence
His hands were scarred from years of working with sharp tools in the workshop.
The community remained scarred by the memory of the flood for decades.
A note on using this word
Scarred works both literally, for physical skin marks, and figuratively, for lasting emotional or psychological effects.
Words with a similar meaning
markeddamaged
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Words with an opposite meaning
unmarked
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