mar

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

A blemish.

Noun

Alternative form of mere (“a body of standing water”).

Noun

Alternative form of mayor and mair.

Synonyms

spoil

damage

ruin

disfigure

destroy

blemish

blight

harm

mutilate

deform

injure

vitiate

corrupt

deface

deflower

impair

hurt

wreck

break

defect

blast

devastate

blot

foil

flaw

waste

undo

unmake

ravage

pool

spot

kill

🔪🩸👤

murder

stain

disrupt

destruct

despoil

contort

deprave

demolish

clew

go

bruise

blame

glitch

fault

failure

error

decimate

erase

Translations

guastare

estropear

verderben

gâter

καταστρέφω

danneggiare

défaut

portare

verunstalten

schaden

φθείρω

αφανίζω

espatllar

troubler

شوّه

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɑː(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: merren

Inherited from Old English: mierran

Cognate with Scots: mer

Cognate with Dutch: marren

Cognate with German: merren

Cognate with Icelandic: merja

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Lithuanian: miršti

Cognate with Armenian: մոռանալ

Cognate with Sanskrit: मृष्

In summary

Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, “forget, neglect”).