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scarred

[ skahrd ]

adjective

  1. having a scar left by a healed wound, sore, or burn:

    He is tall and well-built, with a badly scarred face where he was bitten by a shark.

  2. experiencing the psychological aftereffects of suffering or trauma:

    The main character endures childhood abuse and grows up to be a deeply scarred individual who thinks the whole world is against him.

  3. (of a wound, burn, etc.) having formed a scar in healing:

    As healing progresses, the patient must be weaned away from needing a gauze wrap on the closed, scarred wound.

  4. blemished or marred as a result of damage or use:

    Empty corrugated-iron buildings lie amidst a scarred landscape full of rubble.

    They furnished their first apartment with a used desk, a badly scarred table, and two old chairs with rickety legs.

  5. Botany. bearing a mark indicating a former point of attachment, as where a leaf has fallen off:

    As the dieffenbachia ages, some of the lower leaves dry up and fall off, leaving a scarred stem that gradually lengthens.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of scar 1.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³¦²¹°ù°ù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scarred1

First recorded in 1425–75; scar 1 + -ed 2 for the adjective senses; scar 1 + -ed 1 for the verb sense
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His legs are “still messed up†now, he told Bensinger, pulling up a pant leg to reveal a gnarly scarred calf.

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A father wants a change in the law over pet insurance, after his daughter's face was left scarred by a dog attack outside their home.

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However, few believe that that the wound caused by these events in the already heavily scarred Syrian body will heal easily.

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But it did, millions died and our society was scarred by the experience even if we don't want to admit it.

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His bandaged legs - one of them splinted - are badly scarred and withered.

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