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# scarred

adjective (scarred); verb, past form of «scar» (scar, scars, scarred, scarring)

«scarred» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having scars, marks left on the skin after a wound heals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#m1)
2. Marked or damaged on the surface, such as land or a table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#m2)
3. Hurt deeply in the mind or feelings by a bad experience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons skin heals and can leave a scar. In stories and history it describes battle wounds or a land scarred by war or mining. In feelings and family life, a person can be «emotionally scarred». Phrases: «scarred for life» (often jokey), «badly scarred», «scarred by».

### Examples

- His knee was scarred from falling off his bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#x1)
- The hillside was scarred by the old quarry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#x2)
- The war scarred the whole town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#x3)
- She was scarred by the dog bite and is now scared of dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#x4)
- «I watched that scary film and I'm scarred for life!» he joked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#x5)
- The old desk is scarred with names and scratches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#x6)
- He was scarred all over with the marks of savage fights, but he was always ready for just one fight more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/#x7)

### Note

Double «r»: scar, scarred, scarring. Trap: «scared» (afraid, one «r») is a different word — very common spelling mix-up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scarred» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarred/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scarred» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scarred.html) on Mova free.