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mar | marred |

As a noun mar

is sea.

As an adjective marred is

(obsolete) of a person, to be perplexed or troubled.

As a verb marred is

(mar).

mar

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

(marr)
  • To spoil, to damage.
  • * Dryden
    • But mirth is marred , and the good cheer is lost.
  • * Milton
    • Ire, envy, and despair / Which marred all his borrowed visage.

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small lake.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l), (l) * (l) ----

    marred

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of a person, to be perplexed or troubled
  • (Northern England) Of a child, to be spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged

    • Related terms

    * mard * mardy * marredness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mar)