marring [mahr]
Main Entry:
mar [mahr]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hurt, damage
Synonyms: bend, blemish, blight, blot, break, bruise, deface, deform, detract, ding, disfigure, foul up, harm, impair, injure, louse up, maim, mangle, mess up*, mutilate, queer*, rough up, ruin, scar, scratch, shake up, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tweak, vitiate, warp, wreck
Antonyms: aid, heal, help
Main Entry: batter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: strike and damage
Synonyms: assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck
Main Entry: blemish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flaw, disfigure
Synonyms: blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench
Antonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament
Main Entry: blight
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ruin, destroy
Synonyms: annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up, frustrate, glitch up, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck
Antonyms: aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect
Main Entry: botch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blunder
Synonyms: blow*, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck
Antonyms: accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed
Main Entry: bruise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: break blood vessel; discolor
Synonyms: bang up, batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish, bung up, contuse, crush, damage, deface, do a number on, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize, wound, zing
Main Entry: bungle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blunder, mess up
Synonyms: ball up, boggle, botch, butcher, drop the ball, err, flub, foul up, fudge, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, make a mess of, mar, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, muff, ruin, screw up, spoil
Antonyms: do well, fix, manage, succeed
Main Entry: cheapen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: diminish worth
Synonyms: abase, beat down, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lose value, lower, mar, mark down, minimize, reduce, render worthless, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off
Antonyms: appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade
Main Entry: compromise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put in jeopardy
Synonyms: blight, cop out, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, put under suspicion, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken
Antonyms: guard, protect, save
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