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SCARRED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blemished by injury or rough wear
Example:
walls marred by graffiti
Synonyms:
marred; scarred
Classified under:
Similar:
blemished (marred by imperfections)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury
Example:
the fire left her arm badly scarred
Classified under:
Similar:
marked (having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb scar
Context examples:
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow—a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He was continually marred and scarred by the teeth of the pack, and as continually he left his own marks upon the pack.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
By evening Perrault secured another dog, an old husky, long and lean and gaunt, with a battle-scarred face and a single eye which flashed a warning of prowess that commanded respect.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
They arrived because they were Carlyle's battle-scarred giants who will not be kept down.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A straight sword by his side and a painted long-bow jutting over his shoulder proclaimed his profession, while his scarred brigandine of chain-mail and his dinted steel cap showed that he was no holiday soldier, but one who was even now fresh from the wars.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He, also, was addicted to crowding her, to veering toward her till his scarred muzzle touched her body, or shoulder, or neck.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He was marred and scarred by that mysterious world of rough men and rougher deeds, the outposts of which began beyond her horizon.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Thick, muscular arms, covered with a reddish down, protruded from the wide sleeves of his habit, while his white shirt, looped up upon one side, gave a glimpse of a huge knotty leg, scarred and torn with the scratches of brambles.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
