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mar
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- pronunciation:
- mar
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mars, marring, marred |
| definition: |
to damage or spoil, esp. on the surface or face, but not severely.
Water marks marred the wood.The incident marred his good humor.- synonyms:
- blemish
- antonyms:
- enhance
- similar words:
- damage, dent, flaw, impair, injure, mark, scar, scratch, spoil, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate
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| related words: |
bruise, bungle, butcher, cloud, deface, defile, discolor, disfigure, maim, muddle, murder, prejudice |
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| derivation: |
marred (adj.) |
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