scarred
/skɑː(ɹ)d/
scarred is the simple past and past participle of scar.
Meaning of scar
Verb
scar (third-person singular simple present scars, present participle scarring, simple past and past participle scarred)
- To mark the skin permanently.
- Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- To form a scar.
- Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet...1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157
- To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
- Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.
Adjective
scarred (comparative more scarred, superlative most scarred)
- Having a scar or scars.
Forms of scarred
| comparative | more scarred |
|---|---|
| superlative | most scarred |
Words formed from scarred
Words that rhyme with scarred
Questions about scarred
- What does scarred mean?
- Scarred means having a scar or scars.
- What is scarred the simple past and past participle of?
- Scarred is the simple past and past participle of scar.
- What part of speech is scarred?
- Scarred is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scarred?
- Scarred is pronounced /skɑː(ɹ)d/.
Words near scarred in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scarred (page history and authors); scar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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