Found 2 items, similar to Marred.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: marred marred adj 1: having the surface damaged or disfigured [syn: defaced] 2: blemished by injury or rough wear; “the scarred piano bench”; “walls marred by graffiti” [syn: scarred] mar v 1: make imperfect; “nothing marred her beauty” [syn: impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate] 2: destroy or injure severely; “mutilated bodies” [syn: mutilate] [also: marring, marred] marred See mar
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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, 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]