mar
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- a facial blemish
• Syn:
blemish, defect
• Derivationally related forms:
blemish (for: blemish)
• Hypernyms:
appearance, visual aspect
• Hyponyms:
birthmark, nevus, chatter mark, check, chip,
crack, dent, ding, gouge, nick, mole,
scratch, scrape, scar, mark, burn, burn mark,
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch,
slur, stigma, wart, verruca, whitehead, milium,
blackhead, comedo
1. make imperfect (Freq. 6)
- nothing marred her beauty
• Syn:
impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
• Derivationally related forms:
defloration (for: deflower), spoil (for: spoil), impairment (for: impair), impairer (for: impair)
• Hypernyms:
damage
• Hyponyms:
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud,
deface, disfigure, blemish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. destroy or injure severely
- mutilated bodies
• Syn:
mutilate
• Derivationally related forms:
mutilation (for: mutilate), mutilator (for: mutilate)
• Hypernyms:
maim
• Hyponyms:
gouge, force out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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