Synonyms for mar

Grammar : Verb

Spell : mahr

Phonetic Transcription : mɑr

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Définition of mar

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 :

Yet, these afflictions were not the worst injuries to mar the girl convict's life.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Now is the time for a determined stand; now can we make or mar ourselves.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The name is your own to make or to mar, and you ought to be proud to hand it down.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

"Mar—" began Mandy Calline, looking at her mother appealingly.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

Among them was one which had been out in the campaigns of 1689 (Dundee's), 1715 (Mar's), and in 1745-6.
Extract from : « The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 » by Various

And yet the thought of that wretched Silvere must come to mar his hour of triumph!
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

"Read me all the women's names, in which the first name begins with 'Mar,'" Duvall said.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

It had better not be based on pecuniary obligations; these more often mar than make a friendship.
Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato

He had told her there was nothing to come that need mar her happiness or disturb her love.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Were it not sinful, then, to suffer the intrusion of aught that may mar such unity?
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

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