marred

Adjective
Synonyms: scarred

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. blemished by injury or rough wear“the scarred piano bench”“walls marred by graffiti”Synonyms: scarred
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m[aum]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, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]

1.To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. [1913 Webster]

I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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