mar

1. 1.

   make imperfect

   “nothing marred her beauty”

   Synonymsimpairspoildeflowervitiate

   Broaderdamage

   Narrowerdefiledeface
2. 2.

   destroy or injure severely

   “mutilated bodies”

   Synonymsmutilate

   Broadermaim

   Narrowergouge

Other forms of mar

plural

mars·

past tense or participle

marred

present participle

marring

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mar

What does mar mean?

mar means "the month following February and preceding April". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mar?

mar has 1 syllable: mar. In IPA it is /ˈmɑɹ/.

What is another word for mar?

Close synonyms include March, blemish, defect, impair, spoil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mar a common word?

mar is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mar?

2 words rhyme with mar. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.