Mar

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mɑː(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /mɑɹ/, mɑɹ, mÉ‘Ëž
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

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, dristurb, neglect, forget, ignore"). Cognate with Scots mer, mar ("to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin"), Dutch marren ("to push along, delay, hinder"), German dialectal 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 (morranal, "to forget, fail").

Full definition of mar

Verb

1. To spoil, to damage.
• DrydenBut mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
• MiltonIre, envy, and despair
  Which marred all his borrowed visage.

See mere.

Noun

1. A small lake.

Anagrams

• arm, Arm, ARM
• MRA
• ram, Ram, RAM
• RMA