marred — marred; un·marred; … English syllables
Marred — Mar Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m[ a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marring}.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
marred — adjective blemished by injury or rough wear the scarred piano bench walls marred by graffiti • Syn: ↑scarred • Similar to: ↑blemished … Useful english dictionary
marred — Synonyms and related words: bandy, bandy legged, battered, beautiless, blemished, blighted, bloated, blotted, botched, bowlegged, bruised, cacophonic, cacophonous, checked, cicatrized, club footed, cracked, crazed, defaced, defective, deformed,… … Moby Thesaurus
marred — Mawdesley Glossary an affected, soft or spoiled person … English dialects glossary
marred — mÉ‘r /mÉ‘Ë v. damage, mutilate, spoil, deface n. disfiguration; blemish … English contemporary dictionary
a young man married is a young man marred — 1589 G. PUTTENHAM Art of English Poesy III. xix. 173 The maide that soone married is, soone marred is. 1602 SHAKESPEARE All’s Well that ends Well II. iii. 291 A young man married is a man that’s marr’d. 1961 R. KIRK Old House of Fear i. Don’t… … Proverbs new dictionary
un|marred — «uhn MAHRD», adjective. not marred or injured: »He had displayed indiscreet valor by provoking Neal, then by sticking his hitherto unmarred face in the way of Big Tom s flying knuckles (Time) … Useful english dictionary
defaced marred — damaged damaged (d[a^]m [asl]jd), adj. 1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken down,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cricket — cricket1 cricketlike, adj. /krik it/, n. 1. any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in… … Universalium
