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mar (mär)

tr.v. marred, mar·ring, mars

1. To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.

2. To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.

A disfiguring mark; a blemish.

[Middle English merren, from Old English mierran, merran, to impede.]

mar [mɑː]

vb mars, marring, marred

(tr) to cause harm to; spoil or impair

a disfiguring mark; blemish

[Old English merran; compare Old Saxon merrian to hinder, Old Norse merja to bruise]

marrer n

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mar (mɑr)

v.t. marred, mar•ring.

to damage the attractiveness or appeal of; impair.

[before 900; Middle English merren, Old English merran to hinder, waste; c. Old High German merren to hinder, Old Norse merja to bruise]

Mar or Mar.,

March.

mar.

1. maritime.

2. married.

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Noun	1.	Mar - the month following February and preceding April March Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Lady Day, March 25 - a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland March 2, Texas Independence Day - Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836 March 19, Saint Joseph, St Joseph - a Christian holy day Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar mid-March - the middle part of March March equinox, spring equinox, vernal equinox - March 21
	2.	mar - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" blemish, defect appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing birthmark, nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth chatter mark - a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece chip, check - a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something crack - a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" gouge, nick, ding, dent - an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) mole - a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin scar, scrape, scratch, mark - an indication of damage burn mark, burn - a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" stigma - a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease verruca, wart - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus milium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland blackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
Verb	1.	mar - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" defile, sully, taint, corrupt, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
	2.	mar - destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" mutilate maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" gouge, force out - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"

mar

verb

1. harm, damage, hurt, spoil, stain, blight, taint, tarnish, blot, sully, vitiate, put a damper on A number of problems marred the smooth running of the event.

2. ruin, injure, spoil, scar, flaw, impair, mutilate, detract from, maim, deform, blemish, mangle, disfigure, deface The scar was discreet enough not to mar his good looks.
better, improve, adorn, ornament, embellish, ameliorate

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mar (maː) – past tense, past participle marred – verb

to spoil or damage (enjoyment, beauty etc). Her beauty was marred by a scar on her cheek.

Mar written abbreviation

March.

Kernerman English Multilingu

Sul·ly (s

, s

-l

, sü-), Duc de. Title of Maximilien de Béthune. 1560-1641.

French politician. As chief minister to Henry IV, he replenished the treasury and encouraged agriculture and industry.

Sul·ly (s

), Thomas 1783-1872.

British-born American painter of portraits and historical scenes, such as Washington's Passage of the Delaware (c. 1818).

sul·ly (s

)

tr.v. sul·lied, sul·ly·ing, sul·lies

1. To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.

2. To defile; taint.

n. pl. sul·lies Archaic

Something that stains or spots.

[Probably from French souiller, from Old French; see soil².]

sully [ˈsʌlɪ]

vb -lies, -lying, -lied

to stain or tarnish (a reputation, etc.) or (of a reputation) to become stained or tarnished

n pl -lies

1. a stain

2. the act of sullying

[probably from French souiller to soil]

sulliable adj

Sully [ˈsʌlɪ (French) sylli]

(Biographies / Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de (1559-1641) M, French, POLITICS: statesman) Maximilien de Béthune (maksimiljɛ̃ də betyn), Duc de Sully. 1559-1641, French statesman; minister of Henry IV. He helped restore the finances of France after the Wars of Religion

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sul•ly (ˈsʌl i)

v. -lied, -ly•ing, v.t.

1. to soil, stain, or tarnish.

2. to mar the purity or luster of; defile: to sully a reputation.

v.i.

3. to become sullied, soiled, or tarnished.

4. Obs. a stain; soil.

[1585–95; orig. uncertain]

sul′li•a•ble, adj.

Sul•ly (ˈsʌl i; for 1 also Fr. süˈli)

n.

1. Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de, 1560–1641, French statesman.

2. Thomas, 1783–1872, U.S. painter, born in England.

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Noun	1.	Sully - United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) Thomas Sully
	2.	Sully - French statesman (1560-1641) Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune
Verb	1.	sully - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" defile, taint, corrupt, cloud mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
	2.	sully - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" maculate, tarnish, defile, stain blob, fleck, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" darken - tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
	3.	sully - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, smear accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character" libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

sully

verb

1. dishonour, ruin, disgrace, besmirch, smirch Reputations are easily sullied and business lost.

2. defile, dirty, stain, spot, spoil, contaminate, pollute, taint, tarnish, blemish, befoul I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.

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as·perse (

-spûrs

)

tr.v. as·persed, as·pers·ing, as·pers·es

1. To spread false or damaging charges or insinuations against. See Synonyms at malign.

2. To sprinkle, especially with holy water.

[Middle English, to besprinkle, from Latin aspergere, aspers- : ad-, ad- + spargere, to strew.]

as·persive (-s

v, -z

v) adj.

asperse [əˈspɜːs]

vb (tr)

1. to spread false rumours about; defame

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Rare to sprinkle, as with water in baptism

[from Latin aspersus, from aspergere to sprinkle]

asperser n

aspersive adj

aspersively adv

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as•perse (əˈspɜrs)

v.t. -persed, -pers•ing.

1. to attack with false and damaging charges or insinuations; slander; malign.

2. to sprinkle; bespatter.

[1480–90; < Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere to sprinkle, asperse <a- a-5 + spargere to scatter]

as•per′sive, adj.

as•per′sive•ly, adv.

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Verb

asperse - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, sully, smear

accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference"

assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character"

libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"

badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

as·per·sion (-spûrzhn, -shn)
n.
1.
a. An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander: Don't cast aspersions on my honesty.
b. The act of defaming or slandering.
2. A sprinkling, especially with holy water.
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aspersion [əˈspɜːʃən]
n
1. a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
2. the act of defaming
3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Rare the act of sprinkling, esp of water in baptism
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as•per•sion (əˈspɜr ʒən, -ʃən)

n.
1. a damaging or derogatory remark: casting aspersions on a rival.
2. the act of slandering; defamation; calumniation.
3. the act of sprinkling with water, as in baptism.
[1545–55; (< Middle French) < Latin]
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Noun 1. aspersion - a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
slur
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language
2. aspersion - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
calumny, defamation, denigration, slander
attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
3. aspersion - the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
sprinkling
baptism - a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
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aspersion
noun slander, abuse, smear, censure, slur, reproach, defamation, vilification, denigration, calumny, character assassination, disparagement, vituperation, obloquy, detraction, traducement He has flatly denied casting aspersions on the star's character.
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slur (slûr)
tr.v. slurred, slur·ring, slurs
1. To pronounce indistinctly.
2. To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
3. To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.
4. Music
a. To glide over (a series of notes) smoothly without a break.
b. To mark with a slur.
5. Printing To blur or smear.
n.
1. A disparaging remark; an aspersion.
2. A slurred utterance or sound.
3. Music
a. A curved line connecting notes on a score to indicate that they are to be played or sung legato.
b. A passage played or sung in this manner.
4. Printing A smeared or blurred impression.
[Probably from Middle English sloor, mud.]
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slur [slɜː]
vb slurs, slurring, slurred (mainly tr)
1. (often foll by over) to treat superficially, hastily, or without due deliberation; gloss
2. (also intr) to pronounce or utter (words, etc.) indistinctly
3. to speak disparagingly of or cast aspersions on
4. (Music, other) Music to execute (a melodic interval of two or more notes) smoothly, as in legato performance
5. (also intr) to blur or smear
6. Archaic to stain or smear; sully
n
1. an indistinct sound or utterance
2. a slighting remark; aspersion
3. a stain or disgrace, as upon one's reputation; stigma
4. (Music, other) Music
a. a performance or execution of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part
b. the curved line (⁀ or ‿) indicating this
5. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a blur or smear
[probably from Middle Low German; compare Middle Low German slūren to drag, trail, Middle Dutch sloren, Dutch sleuren]
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slur (slɜr)

v. slurred, slur•ring,
n. v.t.
1. to pronounce (a syllable, word, etc.) indistinctly by combining, reducing, or omitting sounds, as in hurried or careless utterance.
2. to pass over without due mention or consideration (often fol. by over).
3. to sing to a single syllable or play without a break (two or more tones of different pitch).
v.i.
4. to read, speak, or sing hurriedly and carelessly.
n.
5. a slurred utterance or sound.
6.
a. the combination of two or more tones of different pitch, sung to a single syllable or played without a break.
b. a curved mark indicating this.
[1590–95; perhaps akin to Low German slurren to shuffle, Dutch sleuren to trail, drag]
slur (slɜr)

v. slurred, slur•ring,
n. v.t.
1. to insult or disparage.
n.
2. a disparaging remark; slight: quick to take offense at a slur.
3. a blot or stain, as upon reputation.
[1600–10; perhaps identical with late Middle English sloor mud, slime, of obscure orig.; compare slurry]
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Noun 1. slur - (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
tie - (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
2. slur - a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
aspersion
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language
3. slur - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
blot, smirch, smudge, daub, smear, spot
blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
blotch, splodge, splotch - an irregularly shaped spot
fingermark, fingerprint - a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
inkblot - a blot made with ink
Verb 1. slur - play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
2. slur - speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
denote, refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
3. slur - utter indistinctly
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
4. slur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
dim, blur
weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over - treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
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slur
noun
insult, stain, smear, stigma, disgrace, discredit, blot, affront, innuendo, calumny, insinuation, aspersion, blot on your escutcheon yet another slur on the integrity of the police
verb
mumble, stammer, stutter, stumble over, falter, mispronounce, garble, speak unclearly He repeated himself and slurred his words more than usual.
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verb (used without object)

to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashierabsconded with the money.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin abscondere to hide or stow away, equivalent to abs- abs- + condere to stow ( con- con- +-dere to put; see do¹)

Related forms

ab·scond·er, noun

Synonyms
decamp, bolt.

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abscond (əbˈskɒnd)

— vb
	( intr ) to run away secretly, esp from an open institution or to avoid prosecution or punishment

[C16: from Latin abscondere to hide, put away, from abs- ab- ¹ + condere to stow]

ab'sconder

— n

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abscond

1560s, from L. abscondere "to hide, conceal," from ab(s)- "away" + condere "put together, store," fromcom- "together" + dere "put," from PIE *dhe- "to put, place, make" (see factitious). The notion is of "tohide oneself," especially to escape debt or the law.

asportation

c.1500, from L. asportationem, noun of action from asportare "to carry off," from abs- (from ab- "away") +portare "to carry" (see port (1)).

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