Mar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɑː(ɹ)/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mar is a verb meaning (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
Meaning
(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
More Meanings
- A blemish.
- Alternative form of mere (“a body of standing water”).
- (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.
Example Sentences
Prospero: […]huſh, and be mute / Or elſe our ſpell is mar'd.
Ire, envy, and despair / Marred all his borrowed visage, and betrayed / Him counterfeit.
Sin defiles the soul; it mars its beauty, impairs its health and vigor. It perverts its powers, and deranges all its dignified energies and attributes.
Mother, tho' wiſe your ſelf, my Counſel weigh; / 'Tis much unſafe my Sire to disobey; / Not only you provoke him to your Coſt, / But Mirth is marr'd, and the good Chear is loſt.
Word Forms
- mars
- marring
- marred
- marre
Synonyms for mar
Depending on context, synonyms include vitiate, impair, mutilate, spoil, deflower, march.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mutilate, impair, vitiate, spoil, deflower, march.
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