Past tense of scar
regular verb
The past tense of scar is scarred. The past participle is also scarred.
Forms of scar
| Base form (V1) | scar /skɑɹ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scarred /skɑː(ɹ)d/ |
| Past participle (V3) | scarred /skɑː(ɹ)d/ |
| Present participle | scarring |
| Third person singular | scars /skɑɹz/ |
Scarred in a sentence
- Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.
- The iron gauntlet on the beastkeeper’s scarred arm glowed when he touched it.2016, Shae Ford, Harbinger (Fate’s Forsaken Series; 1), →ISBN, page 148. From the entry beastkeeper
- “Any of you want to borrow some burn,” asked a scarred inmate known as Bull.2006, S. Drake, A Cry for Help, Chipmunkapublishing ltd, →ISBN, Chapter 7, page 94. From the entry burn
- Akras touched her scarred cheeks, tracing the hard ridges of deliberately mishealed flesh.1992, Cheryl J. Franklin, The Inquisitor, page 424. From the entry misheal
- She expected reboant halls and a ghoulishly scarred Slavic dwarf on call to fetch brains or whatever the mad scientist-in-chief wanted.2009, Jesse Kellerman, Sunstroke, unnumbered page. From the entry reboant
Meaning of scar
- noun A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- noun A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- noun Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
Questions about the past tense of scar
- What is the past tense of scar?
- The past tense of scar is scarred.
- What is the past participle of scar?
- The past participle of scar is scarred.
- Is scar a regular or irregular verb?
- Scar is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scar (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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