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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