mar

mar  (mär)

tr.v. marred, mar·ring, mars

1. To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.

2. To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.

n.

A disfiguring mark; a blemish.

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[Middle English merren, from Old English mierran, merran, to impede.]

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mar [mɑː]

vb mars, marring, marred

(tr) to cause harm to; spoil or impair

n

a disfiguring mark; blemish

[Old English merran; compare Old Saxon merrian to hinder, Old Norse merja to bruise]

marrer  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Mar - the month following February and preceding April March Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Lady Day, March 25 - a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland March 2, Texas Independence Day - Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836 March 19, Saint Joseph, St Joseph - a Christian holy day Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar mid-March - the middle part of March March equinox, spring equinox, vernal equinox - March 21
	2.	mar - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" blemish, defect appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing birthmark, nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth chatter mark - a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece chip, check - a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something crack - a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" gouge, nick, ding, dent - an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) mole - a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin scar, scrape, scratch, mark - an indication of damage burn mark, burn - a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" stigma - a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease verruca, wart - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus milium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland blackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
Verb	1.	mar - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" defile, sully, taint, corrupt, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
	2.	mar - destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" mutilate maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" gouge, force out - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"

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mar

verb

1. harm, damage, hurt, spoil, stain, blight, taint, tarnish, blot, sully, vitiate, put a damper on A number of problems marred the smooth running of the event.

2. ruin, injure, spoil, scar, flaw, impair, mutilate, detract from, maim, deform, blemish, mangle, disfigure, deface The scar was discreet enough not to mar his good looks.
better, improve, adorn, ornament, embellish, ameliorate

Translations

mar [mɑːʳ] VT → estropear, echar a perder
to mar sb's enjoyment → aguar la fiesta a algn

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mar [ˈmɑː^r] vt (= spoil) → gâcher, gâter

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Mar abbr of March → Mrz

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mar

vt → verderben; happiness → trüben; beauty → mindern; not a cloud to mar the sky → kein Wölkchen trübte den Himmel; his essay was marred by careless mistakes → durch seine Flüchtigkeitsfehler verdarb er (sich) den ganzen Aufsatz

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mar [mɑːʳ] vt → sciupare, guastare

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mar [mɑːʳ] vt → sciupare, guastare

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mar

v mar [maː]

to spoil or damage (enjoyment, beauty etc) Her beauty was marred by a scar on her cheek. bederf يُشَوِّه، يُفْسِدُ развалям (po)kazit ødelægge; skæmme verderben χαλώ, ασχημαίνω estropear, echar a perder moonutama خراب کردن pilata gâter לְהָשחִית बिगाड़ना pokvaren, uništen megrongál merusak eyðileggja, spilla rovinare, deturpare そこなう 손상하다 sudarkyti, sugadinti sabojāt; izkropļot dirosakkan bederven ødelegge, skjemme, spolere zmącić, zepsuć desfigurar a strica портить špatiť pokvariti pokvariti fördärva ทำให้เสียหาย bozmak 毀壞 псувати; спотворювати بگاڑنا làm hỏng 毁坏