Synonyms for mar

Most common

spoil · ruin · deface · impair

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Verb

Antonyms

beautify, abet, impel

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

Related words

Other spellings

mear

Forms

Past participle

marred
e.g. marred → spoilt, ruined, defaced, impaired…

Example sentences

• impair Social media could greatly impair the intelligence of our kids.
• contaminate Cars with heat engines contaminate a lot.
• deface Please don't deface this building.
• disfigure Yanni went to great lengths to disfigure Skura's body.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

hurt¹, harm¹, ruin², foil¹, blot¹

5 letters

spoil¹, botch¹

6 letters

damage², murder², injure², blight¹, impair², deform², mangle², bungle², deface², boggle²

7 letters

corrupt², pollute², vitiate³

8 letters

mutilate³

9 letters

disfigure³

11 letters

contaminate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin² = 2 syllables).