to scar

Examples

• All

• Do you want to scar your face?

  Fiction book (1996)

• Don't you realize this is going to scar him forever?

  Fiction book (2000)

• And the evidence shows that divorce scars children for life.

  Blog text (17)

• If it's forced on you, it's traumatic and scars you for life.

  Blog text (15)

• A childish prank has resulted in a terrible tragedy that is certain to scar the young person responsible.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The accident left a deep mark on his arm that will scar permanently.

• Burns can scar the skin and may require surgery to improve their appearance.

• If you don't treat that wound properly, it could scar and become infected.

Synonyms

M

to mark

vsto scar

50 3.0

Leave a permanent scar on skin or a surface

is specifically about permanent skin marks from injury disease or surgery

P

to pit

vsto scar

• Specialized

8 7.3

To make small dents on a surface

is about lasting surface damage including deeper or broader marks, not only pits

P

to pockmark

vsto scar

7 7.9

To mark something with small scar-like pits caused by disease or damage

is broader, meaning any lasting skin mark not only small pits

P

to pock

vsto scar

• Archaic

4 9.6

To make small pits or scars on skin and other surfaces

is the general act of creating a lasting skin mark not limited to pits

C

to cicatrize

vsto scar

• Specialized

9.9

To make a scar as a wound heals

is the action of making a lasting skin mark after injury rather than healing

Antonyms

H

to heal

481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

Compounds

S

scar tissue

22 3.5

Tough new tissue that forms over a wound while it heals

E

emotional scar

5 5.0

A lasting hurt in your feelings after a very upsetting event

How Marked

to disfigure

31 5.8

to scar

15 3.4

to pockmark

7 7.9

to mar

2 5.3

Surface Forms

Etymology