scar

About 3.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
2. noun A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
3. noun Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
4. verb To mark the skin permanently.
5. verb To form a scar.
6. verb To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

   Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.

7. noun A cliff or rock outcrop.
8. noun A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

Similar words

cicatrice cicatrix scratch scrape pock pit mark scarface wound stain

Often followed by

tissue on of is formation and that in from

Word family

scarless scarred scarring scars