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noun ADJ. deep, large, long | puckered | disfiguring, ugly, unsightly | permanent | emotional, mental, psychological Her mental scars will take time to heal. VERB + SCAR leave | bear (often figurative) The countryside still bears the scars of the recent hurricane. SCAR + VERB form | heal SCAR + NOUN tissue PREP. ~ on The cut left a permanent scar on his arm.
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scar
adjectives
a big/long scar
• For the patients, keyhole surgery means no big scar.
a small scar
• She could see the small scar on his right cheek.
a red/white scar
• She still had the faint white scar on her ankle.
a permanent scar
• If the wound is not stitched, a permanent scar may result.
an ugly/unsightly scar
(= unattractive )
• The ugly scar spoiled and distorted his face.
a disfiguring scar
(= spoiling someone’s appearance )
• She was left with disfiguring scars.
a puckered scar
(= one where the skin has not healed flat )
• She pulled back her hair and showed me a puckered scar near her ear.
a surgical scar
(= caused by a medical operation )
• He had a large surgical scar on his back.
a physical scar
(= a scar on your body, contrasted with a mental scar )
• Those three months left her with lifelong physical and psychological scars.
verbs
leave a scar
• The injury is deep and will leave quite a scar.
have a scar
• He had a small white scar under his left eye.
bear a scar
formal (= have it on your body )
• He still bore the scars of its teeth on his leg.
a scar runs somewhere
• A scar ran from the corner of his eye to under his jawbone.
scar + NOUN
scar tissue
• His hand was rough with scar tissue.
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adjectives
a deep scar
• The death of his mother left a deep scar on the young boy.
a permanent scar
• That affair left a permanent scar on my heart.
psychological/mental/emotional scars
• The mental scars left by the accident are still with him.
verbs
leave a scar
(= leave someone with feelings of fear or sadness )
• Psychologically, the attack has left a deep scar.
carry/bear scars
(= to suffer from feelings of fear or sadness )
• These children will carry their emotional scars with them for the rest of their lives.
scars heal
• The mental scars will eventually heal.
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