marred

  • 1marred — marred; un·marred; …

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  • 2marred — I adjective blemished, blighted, bruised, cankered, contaminated, corrupted, crippled, damaged, defaced, defective, deformed, despoiled, disabled, discolored, disfigured, faulty, flawed, fouled, garbled, hamstrung, harmed, hurt, impaired,… …

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  • 3Marred — 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,… …

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  • 4marred — adjective blemished by injury or rough wear the scarred piano bench walls marred by graffiti • Syn: ↑scarred • Similar to: ↑blemished …

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  • 5marred — 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,… …

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  • 6marred — Mawdesley Glossary an affected, soft or spoiled person …

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  • 7marred — mÉ‘r /mɑː v. damage, mutilate, spoil, deface n. disfiguration; blemish …

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  • 8a 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… …

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  • 9un|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) …

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  • 10defaced 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,… …

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