Synonyms for marring

Grammar : Verb

Spell : mahr

Phonetic Transcription : mɑr

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Définition of marring

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 :

I truly believe you have the making or marring of his future in your hands—now.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It was a terrible power, the making or marring of future reputation.
Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon

Whatever my life is, he had more to do with the making or the marring of it than poor Harry has had.
Extract from : « The Picture of Dorian Gray » by Oscar Wilde

What cruel demon had presided over that marring of her life!
Extract from : « The Dark Flower » by John Galsworthy

To us the marring of her son seems the greatest of this Messalina's crimes.
Extract from : « Court Beauties of Old Whitehall » by W. R. H. Trowbridge

But know, Quentin Durward, that you have foiled me to the marring of thine own fortune.
Extract from : « Quentin Durward » by Sir Walter Scott

It was unseemly, because it was marring the beauty of a great festival.
Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther » by Walter Adeney

In his death, he was at least marring this first moment of her lover's advent.
Extract from : « Rose MacLeod » by Alice Brown

You have in your hands the marring or the making of the whole family of Lovel.
Extract from : « Lady Anna » by Anthony Trollope

They felt as if the making or marring of their lives was in their hands.
Extract from : « The Making of William Edwards » by Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks

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