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Antonyms for marring

Grammar : Verb
Spell : mahr
Phonetic Transcription : mɑr

Definition 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

Synonyms for marring

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