Antonyms for marred


Grammar : Verb
Spell : mahr
Phonetic Transcription : mɑr


Definition of marred

Origin :
  • Old English merran (Anglian), mierran (West Saxon) "to waste, spoil," from Proto-Germanic *marzjan (cf. Old Frisian meria, Old High German marren "to hinder, obstruct," Gothic marzjan "to hinder, offend"), from PIE root *mers- "to trouble, confuse" (cf. Sanskrit mrsyate "forgets, neglects," Lithuanian mirszati "to forget"). Related: Marred; marring.
  • verb hurt, damage
Example sentences :
  • With that cry he escaped from the marred conditions of the clay.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The friar's spirits were not to be marred by such a little incident.
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • It was not marred by such evidences of the old fact as still remained.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • The honesty of the conviction is not marred by the fact that it is entirely mistaken.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • After all, he remembered, it was the people who made or marred a place.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • And the picture of benevolence he made was only marred by the staring of his dreadful eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • This was Helen's evening—won at what cost, and not to be marred by the sorrows of others.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • And what had come after had marred her happiness and disturbed her love.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • The only thing that marred his enjoyment was the reflection that he had not shaved.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Synonyms for marred

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