scar — OAT · Shobdo

scar

noun

1 a tall dark man with a scar on his left cheek:

cicatrix;

mark, blemish, disfigurement, discoloration, defacement;

pockmark, pock, pit;

wound, lesion, burn;

birthmark, nevus;

(scars) Christian Church stigmata.

2 behind the smile there were deep psychological scars:

trauma, damage, shock, injury, suffering, upset.

verb

1 Antony lost a lot of blood and is likely to be scarred for life:

disfigure, mark, blemish, blotch, discolor;

pockmark, pit;

Christian Church stigmatize.

2 the scenic red-rock vistas have been scarred by strip mining:

damage, spoil, mar, deface, injure;

rare disfeature.

3 he remained deeply scarred by his wartime experiences:

traumatize, damage, injure, wound;

distress, disturb, upset.