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unscarred

unscarred

1 4.9
Not emotionally hurt by bad events
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈskɑrd/
translation icon : intacto
  • Despite everything she has been through, she emerged from the experience unscarred, both mentally and emotionally.
  • leave people unscarred

If you do do the rap, the blindfold on, tie it and run, the only way that you make it through unscarred is by sheer chance.

Examples

  • If you do do the rap, the blindfold on, tie it and run, the only way that you make it through unscarred is by sheer chance.

  • Virtually no one escapes unscarred, physically or psychologically.

    Academic text (2001)
  • There was something about her, something new and unscarred, that was certain to attract attention.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Okay, fine, maybe she's a little too unscarred.

  • In an attempt to distance herself and remain unscarred, she shuts down her senses: "I tried not to look, so I would not make the mistake of saying I had seen anything when I returned to school."

    Academic text (2008)
  • Perhaps that was how he and Elk Park Preparatory School had survived together unscarred, if not unruffled, for ten years.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • It leaves nobody unscarred.

    Blog text (28)
  • Scorsese's savior, then, does not go untouched or unscarred; that interest in reciprocity, in the risk and cost to the saver of the saving, is continued in Bringing Out the Dead.

    Academic text (2001)
  • He often wondered if anyone could truly go through such hardships unscarred or if they would always carry the weight of their past.

  • The children's laughter showed that they had come through the crisis unscarred, free from the fear that had once haunted them.

Synonyms

unscathed
vsunscarred
33 6.3

Not hurt or damaged after a bad event

is emotionally or psychologically unharmed rather than just physically untouched
uninjured
vsunscarred
7 1.8

Not hurt physically

is primarily emotionally unharmed rather than only physically unhurt
untouched
vsunscarred
5 3.4

Not moved by strong feelings

is emotionally unharmed but highlights absence of lasting scars
unmolested
vsunscarred
5 6.5

Left alone and not harmed or disturbed

is emotionally unharmed but focuses on lack of lasting negative marks
untainted
vsunscarred
4 5.6

Not harmed by bad things, especially in reputation

is emotionally unharmed but centers on personal psychological effects rather than reputation
unmarred
vsunscarred
1 6.8

Not damaged or harmed

is emotionally or psychologically unharmed rather than just unmarked
uncrushed
vsunscarred
1 5.5

A person who still feels strong and hopeful after problems

is emotionally unharmed but focuses more on absence of visible marks
unstained
vsunscarred
1 5.6

Not having a damaged reputation

is emotionally unharmed but refers to personal feelings rather than reputation
unshattered
vsunscarred
6.0

Still strong and not broken inside after a hard experience

is emotionally unharmed but emphasizes absence of lasting marks
unhaunted
vsunscarred
8.1

Not troubled by memories or fears

is emotionally unharmed but focuses on lack of visible or lasting marks
unbruised
vsunscarred
4.2

Not hurt in feelings or reputation after criticism

is emotionally unharmed but stresses lack of physical or lasting marks
unviolated
vsunscarred
6.5

Remains unharmed and in its original state

is emotionally unharmed and specifically highlights lack of marks

Antonyms

5 4.6

Deeply hurt by physical injury or strong emotional pain

1 1.1

Harmed so it works or looks worse

How Scarred

scarred
5 4.6
unscarred
1 4.9
unaffected
3 3.9

Surface Forms

unscarred positive

Morphology

unscarred = scarred (transparent) = un + scar + ed

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'scarred', making the meaning 'not scarred'.

Etymology

The word unscarred is made of un- 'not' and scar 'a mark left by a wound or hurt'. So, when we say someone is unscarred by hard events, we mean they have no marks from those hurts inside.