scar

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep, large, long

▪ small, thin

▪ faint, visible

▪ jagged

▪ nasty, ugly

▪ permanent

▪ emotional, mental, psychological

▪

Her mental scars will take time to heal.

▪ acne, bullet

▪ battle

VERB + SCAR

▪ leave

▪ bear (often figurative)

▪

The countryside still bears the scars of the recent hurricane.

▪ expose, reveal

▪ hide

SCAR + VERB

▪ remain

▪ form

▪ fade, heal

▪ run

▪

She had a long scar running down her face.

SCAR + NOUN

▪ tissue

PREPOSITION

▪ scar on

▪

The cut left a permanent scar on his arm.

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verb (often be scarred)

ADVERB

▪ badly, deeply, heavily, hideously

▪

His face was badly scarred by the fire.

▪ emotionally, mentally, physically, psychologically

▪

She was both physically and mentally scarred by the accident.

▪ forever, permanently

PREPOSITION

▪ with (figurative)

▪

Their minds were scarred with bitterness.

PHRASES

▪ be scarred for life, leave sb scarred

▪

The accident left him permanently scarred.