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scars

NOUN

blemish from previous injury or illness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blister crater defect discoloration disfigurement flaw scab wound

STRONG

cicatrice cicatrix hurt mark pockmark track

Antonyms

STRONGEST

perfection strength

VERB

mark, hurt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disfigure injure maim mar traumatize

STRONG

beat blemish brand cut damage deface flaw pinch score scratch slash stab

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid cure heal help

STRONG

adorn beautify decorate embellish fix lose mend ornament repair smooth

WEAK

perfect

Example Sentences

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Scars and suffering have humanized her image and widened her audience and power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Scars remain on his ribs, back and shoulders.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Have you figured out how to compartmentalize what you do with System of a Down and Scars on Broadway?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

You released the eponymous Scars on Broadway album in 2008, almost exactly two years after System went on a four-year hiatus.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

Scars crossed and disfigured his face with jagged lines across his forehead and down the length of one cheek, and his eyes were opaque and unseeing.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry