scar 1 (skär)n.1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed. 2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences. 3. Botany A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem. 4. A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact. v. scarred, scar·ring, scars v.tr.1. To mark with a scar. 2. To leave lasting signs of damage on: a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche. v.intr.1. To form a scar: The pustule healed and scarred. 2. To become scarred: delicate skin that scars easily.
[Middle English, alteration of escare, from Old French, scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara, hearth, scab caused by burning.] |
scar 1 Noun 1. a mark left on the skin following the healing of a wound 2. a permanent effect on a person's character resulting from emotional distress 3. a mark on a plant where a leaf was formerly attached 4. a mark of damage Verb [scarring, scarred] 1. to mark or become marked with a scar 2. to permanently effect or be permanently affected by mental trauma: their divorce will scar those kids for life [Greek eskhara scab] scar 2 Noun a bare craggy rock formation [Old Norse sker low reef]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | scar - a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissuesymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease callus - bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone cheloid, keloid - raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair pockmark - a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease sword-cut - a scar from a cut made by a sword vaccination - the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine | | 2. | scar - an indication of damageblemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" | | Verb | 1. | scar - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" pockmark - mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" cicatrise, cicatrize - form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" |
scar verb 3. mark, disfigure, damage, brand, mar, mutilate, maim, blemish, deface, traumatize, disfeature
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