What is "marred"

Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m["a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]

1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.

   I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks.
   --Shak.

   But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
   --Dryden.

   Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage.
   --Milton.

2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us, or it mars us.'' ``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.''
   --Shak.

1. 1 (context obsolete English) Of a person, to be perplexed or troubled 2 (context Northern England English) Of a child, to be spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged v

2. (en-pastmar)

1. adj. having the surface damaged or disfigured [syn: defaced]

2. blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano bench"; "walls marred by graffiti" [syn: scarred]

1. v. make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate]

2. destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" [syn: mutilate]

3. [also: marring, marred]

See mar