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- DictionaryMars/märz/
- 1. a small reddish planet which is the fourth in order from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye.
- 2. the god of war and the most important Roman god after Jupiter. The month of March is named after him.
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1. : to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil. whose life has been marred by problems with drugs William Plummer. their relations were marred by disgraceful conflicts L. W. Beck. the race was marred by a 23-car pileup Mike Harris. 2. archaic. : to inflict serious bodily harm on. b. : destroy. mar. 2 of 4. noun.
(Definition of marred from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of marred. marred. The book is unfortunately marred by technical and editing problems-repetition, grammatical slips, stylistically cumbersome passages, and weak internal organization of some chapters.
Marred definition: damaged or spoiled to a certain extent; made less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.. See examples of MARRED used in a sentence.
If something is marred, it’s damaged due to a flaw. If the big football game on Sunday ends with a fight among fans of the opposing teams, commentators will say that the game was marred by violence. The word marred can be traced back to the Old English word merran, meaning “to waste or spoil.”
Define marred. marred synonyms, marred pronunciation, marred translation, English dictionary definition of marred. tr.v. marred , mar·ring , mars 1. To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on. 2. To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil. n.
I left the duty room feeling annoyed that what had promised to be another pleasant day was already marred.
From Foreign Policy. But the conflict among candidates marred the weekend. From Los Angeles Times. Whether a company or an individual, we are marred either by our connections to the specific crimes and injuries of our fathers and their fathers. From Huffington Post.
Marred definition: (Northern England) Of a child , to be spoilt , cosseted , overly indulged. .
Mar is general, but usually refers to an external or surface injury, if it is a physical one: The tabletop was marred by dents and scratches. Deface refers to a surface injury that may be temporary or easily repaired: a tablecloth defaced by penciled notations.
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