scarred

Variant of scar

scar definition

scar (skär)

noun

  1. a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix
  2. a similar mark or cicatrix on a plant, as one on a stem where a leaf was attached
  3. a marring or disfiguring mark on anything
  4. the lasting mental or emotional effects of suffering or anguish

Etymology: ME, aphetic < MFr escarre < LL eschara < Gr, orig., fireplace, brazier

transitive verb scarred, scarring scar′·ring

to mark with or as with a scar

intransitive verb

to form a scar in healing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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