scuffed

American  

[skuhft] / skʌft /

adjective

1. marred or scratched by scraping or hard use.

   He had on a worn-out old coat, workman's pants, and scuffed boots.

   Close to the trunk of the car he found scuffed tracks that looked to have been made by small, thin-soled shoes.

   I looked under the bed and pulled out a scuffed suitcase with frayed cardboard corners.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of scuff.

Other Word Forms

• unscuffed adjective

Etymology

Origin of scuffed

scuff ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The MetroCard, a scuffed yellow rectangle that lived in wallets, coat pockets and the bottoms of tote bags for more than three decades, is officially reaching the end of the line.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

Delap scuffed a good chance to haul Chelsea back into the game against the run of play.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Soft-spoken, with jittery knees and scuffed Converse sneakers, Calderon could easily be the face of the lawsuit moving through federal court.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

Gold, 54, wore a fringed leather jacket decorated with beads, a straw cowboy hat with a leather band and scuffed Western boots.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

He was wearing faded jeans, scuffed work boots, and a sleeveless T-shirt that showed off his tan and well-defined biceps and forearms.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith