Synonyms of marring

marring

verb

present participle of mar

1

as in tainting

to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable

mar a politician's reputation with scurrilous rumors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tainting
• spoiling
• staining
• darkening
• poisoning
• touching
• tarnishing
• distorting
• degrading
• blemishing
• lowering
• blackening
• smearing
• discrediting
• vitiating
• corrupting
• soiling
• polluting
• sullying
• blurring
• discoloring
• clouding
• dirtying
• disgracing
• smudging
• besmirching
• dishonoring
• tarring
• perverting
• debasing
• sinking
• shaming
• cheapening
• twisting
• subverting
• fouling
• demeaning
• abasing
• debauching
• demoralizing
• smutting
• coloring
• smirching
• besmearing
• bastardizing
• depraving
• begriming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleansing
• purifying
• elevating
• magnifying
• uplifting
• glorifying
• enshrining
• ennobling
• dignifying
• hallowing

2

as in damaging

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the once glossy surface is now marred by numerous small pits and abrasions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• injuring
• compromising
• crippling
• hurting
• weakening
• spoiling
• impairing
• harming
• breaking
• eroding
• defacing
• disfiguring
• destroying
• ruining
• undermining
• blemishing
• vitiating
• crossing (up)
• shattering
• bloodying
• deteriorating
• battering
• crabbing
• wounding
• tarnishing
• denting
• wrecking
• flawing
• blighting
• demolishing
• scouring
• wearing (away)
• endamaging
• enfeebling
• enervating
• torturing
• crushing
• smashing
• mutilating
• devastating
• tormenting
• disabling
• lacerating
• mangling
• maiming
• decimating
• washing out
• annihilating
• wasting
• botching
• hamstringing
• queering
• dinging
• pulverizing
• razing
• clobbering
• dashing
• bashing
• totaling
• gumming (up)
• wiping out
• dinting
• scourging
• doing in
• tearing down
• desolating
• laming
• banging up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• fixing
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• patching
• renovating
• helping
• curing
• revamping
• mending
• healing
• remedying
• rehabilitating
• reconditioning
• rectifying
• improving
• doctoring
• revising
• remodeling
• editing
• enhancing
• perfecting
• refining
• enriching
• ameliorating
• bettering
• meliorating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of marring

Lined with live oaks and old-fashioned, busy storefronts, this artsy town on the Gulf of Mexico has no commercial development marring its shoreline. — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

In Strasbourg, groups of Palace supporters clashed among themselves in a square in the city centre, marring the occasion. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026

Now, her engagement to the most influential eligible Commander in Gilead has been called off, marring her reputation. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026

Ancient lava fields can be seen as dark lunar maria marring the silvery lunar surface, which themselves are threaded with bright streaks of reflective debris strewn across the surface by violent asteroid strikes. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026

The demoralizing graffiti marring the main entrance to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 360 Lenox Ave. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2026

Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate, along with Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart and Jalen Duren, were ejected for fighting, marring what was an intriguing game between the top team in the Eastern Conference and the one featuring the NBA’s longest current win streak. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026

An optional front rack on both models adds instant utility without marring the retro-fantastic looks. — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025