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marred¹

  • /mɑːd/
  • /mɑɹd/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

From Middle English marred, merred (“troubled, distressed, vexed, bewildered”), from Old English *mierred, ġemyrred (“disturbed, troubled”), past participle of Old English mierran, ġemyrran (“to hinder, obstruct, force, trouble, err”), equivalent to mar + -ed.

adjective more marred · most marred

  1. Spoiled; harmed or damaged. The documented cases of child cannibalism within the Congo in the 19th and 20th centuries were comprehensive but marred in some instances. Even while confirming the atrocities, some European observers used cannibalism as a trope to mark African savagery even as they staged or paid for the acts they
  2. obsolete Of a person, perplexed or troubled
  3. Yorkshire, of a child Spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged, soft.

marred²

  • /mɑːd/
  • /mɑɹd/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of mar

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: damaged, blemished, scarred, defaced, confused, perturbed, troubled, frustrated, plagued, disrupted, afflicted, flawed, impaired, corrupted, wasted, tainted

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"marred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marred. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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marred. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marred

Chicago

"marred." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marred.

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@misc{marred_2026,
  title = {marred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marred},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}