- having a scar left by a healed wound, sore, or burn: He is tall and well-built, with a badly scarred face where he was bitten by a shark.
- experiencing the psychological aftereffects of suffering or trauma: The main character endures childhood abuse and grows up to be a deeply scarred individual who thinks the whole world is against him.
- (of a wound, burn, etc.) having formed a scar in healing: As healing progresses, the patient must be weaned away from needing a gauze wrap on the closed, scarred wound.
- blemished or marred as a result of damage or use: Empty corrugated-iron buildings lie amidst a scarred landscape full of rubble.They furnished their first apartment with a used desk, a badly scarred table, and two old chairs with rickety legs.
- bearing a mark indicating a former point of attachment, as where a leaf has fallen off: As the dieffenbachia ages, some of the lower leaves dry up and fall off, leaving a scarred stem that gradually lengthens.
- the simple past tense and past participle of scar1.
