SCARRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scarred mean? 

• SCARRED (adjective)
  The adjective SCARRED has 2 senses:

1. deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury

2. blemished by injury or rough wear

  Familiarity information: SCARRED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCARRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury

Context example:

the fire left her arm badly scarred

Similar:

marked (having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Blemished by injury or rough wear

Synonyms:

marred; scarred

Context example:

walls marred by graffiti

Similar:

blemished (marred by imperfections)

 Context examples 

His lost eye and his scarred muzzle bore evidence to the nature of his experience.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Bronchiectasis, a condition in which damage to the airways causes them to widen and become flabby and scarred.

(Bronchial Disorders, NIH)

A lung condition that develops over time in which the bronchi (large air passages that lead to the lungs) become inflamed and scarred.

(Chronic Bronchitis, NCI Dictionary)

She had worked in the cannery the preceding summer, and her slim, pretty hands were all scarred with the tomato-knives.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The airless surfaces of Mercury and the Moon are scarred by many impact craters.

(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)

Then an old wolf, gaunt and battle-scarred, came forward.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

COPD includes chronic bronchitis, in which the bronchi (large air passages) are inflamed and scarred, and emphysema, in which the alveoli (tiny air sacs) are damaged.

(COPD, NCI Dictionary)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes chronic bronchitis, in which the bronchi (large air passages) are inflamed and scarred, and emphysema, in which the alveoli (tiny air sacs) are damaged.

(Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NCI Dictionary)

The whole face of the country was scarred and disfigured, mottled over with the black blotches of burned farm-steadings, and the gray, gaunt gable-ends of what had been chateaux.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the mean time they formed up in a line of sentinels, presenting under their row of white hats every type of fighting face, from the fresh boyish countenances of Tom Belcher, Jones, and the other younger recruits, to the scarred and mutilated visages of the veteran bruisers.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)