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scarred

scarred

28 4.6
Deeply hurt by physical injury or strong emotional pain
  • adjective
  • /skɑrd/
: marcado
  • This generation who came into the labour force during COVID are scarred forever because of this.
  • emotionally scarred
  • deeply scarred
  • scarred man

And I'm thinking to myself, are are are you scarred because the stock went down?

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Examples

  • I know you're deeply scarred.

  • First, I saw his scarred face:

    Fiction book (2000)
  • After months of legal proceedings, Peter returned to her, scarred and abused.

    Blog text (8)
  • The city's angry, scarred, like me.

  • You were desperate, emotionally scarred, depressed, even!

  • Ten years later, scarred and red-eyed, I crossed the street on some bad errand.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • She had left as a child, and she would return different, battle-scarred, wiser, or perhaps more bitter.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Great things are moving, Ranger—an old man, battle-scarred and gray, leans forward.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • After the accident, he was emotionally scarred and struggled to trust anyone again.

  • The veteran returned home deeply scarred by his experiences during the war.

Synonyms

wounded
vsscarred
498 2.8

Hurt physically, often in a fight or accident

also covers lasting emotional marks as well as physical injury
hurt
vsscarred
266 1.0

Feeling physical pain after an accident or attack

means a deeper lasting effect beyond an ordinary physical injury
ravaged
vsscarred
27 5.9

Badly damaged by violence or natural disaster

focuses more on long personal marks rather than total destruction
damaged
vsscarred
18 4.1

Less respected and trusted because of bad news or actions

refers to deep physical or emotional marks rather than reputation loss
shell-shocked
vsscarred
16 8.4

Very upset and unable to react after something violent like war or an accident

is a lasting marked effect rather than an immediate shock
injured
vsscarred
7 3.3

Feeling hurt or offended by what someone says

is deeper and can mean long physical or emotional marks
harrowed
vsscarred
1 7.7

Very upset and shocked after seeing or experiencing something terrible

is a deeper lasting mark rather than intense temporary distress

Antonyms

48 1.0

Not sick or hurt anymore and back to normal

32 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

Compounds

Damaged by war or long hardship, often with visible marks

Land that shows damage from war or fighting

A person with scars from past battles or hard times who still shows courage

How Affected

shattered
45 4.8
scarred
28 4.6
distressed
49 2.9
hurt
266 1.0
unhurt
7 1.0

Surface Forms

scarred positive

Morphology

scarred = scar (transparent) = scar + ed

The adjective 'scarred' is transparently derived from the noun 'scar' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed', indicating a state of being marked by scars.

Etymology

Scarred comes from the same root scar meaning 'cut', and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a deep hurt leaving a lasting 'mark' inside you, so to be scarred by an experience means you carry lasting emotional damage.