noun
- a mark left on the skin or other surface after a wound or injury has healed
- a lasting sign of damage or trauma
Usage: figurative
verb
- to mark with a scar; to leave a permanent mark on
- to cause lasting emotional damage
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The accident left a small scar on his forehead.
- She had surgery scars on her knee from the operation.
- The war left deep scars on the entire generation.
- The hot pan scarred the wooden table.
- That experience scarred him for life.
- Time will help heal the emotional scars.
- The building still bears scars from the fire.