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marred.

Spoiled; harmed or damaged.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/mɑːd//mɑɹd/
  1. Spoiled; harmed or damaged.

  2. Of a person, perplexed or troubled

    obsolete
  3. Spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged, soft.

    Yorkshire
Where this word 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.

verb/mɑːd//mɑɹd/
  1. simple past and past participle of mar

    form-of · participle · past
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