scar

Definition

  • noun: a mark that is left on your skin after a wound heals
  • noun: an isolated or protruding rock
  • noun: a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
  • verb: to mark (something) with a scar
  • verb: to mark with a scar
  • synonyms: cicatrix, blemish, disfigurement

Examples

  • Divorce can 'scar' a child for life. = Divorce can leave a child 'scarred for life'.

  • The divorce left her with deep emotional 'scars'.

  • His arm was badly 'scarred' after the accident.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - It's true. Well, you should be happy. You deserve to be. I know. I look like a monster. Nothing like one. You know this scar, of course. - This one I got in Germania. - Germania? The other one I can't show you. I... I was run through, I thought fatally, and... As I lay there, I... (..)
    2016 Ben-Hur