Marred meaning

Marred is defined as sullied, spoiled, impaired or disfigured to make something imperfect.

A red wine stain spilled in the middle of the carpet is an example of something that marred the carpet.

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(Northern England) Of a child, to be spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged.
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Simple past tense and past participle of mar.
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Marred Sentence Examples

  • There were at least three different footprints but they were marred and nearly indistinguishable.

  • Violent scars marred her torso and arms.

  • The cunning and cruelty which marred his character were forgotten, and his services to his church and country remembered.

  • Rhyn was unconscious again, his face marred by her blood.

  • Unfortunately the council of Constance, which met mainly through the efforts of Sigismund in 1414, marred its labors by the judicial murders of John Huss and of Jerome of Prague.

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