marring

SayMAR-ingUS/ˈmɑɹɪŋ/UK/ˈmɑː(ɹ)ɪŋ/

Noun pluralmarrings

2 meanings of marring

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of mar. Use this form when the spoiling or ruining is happening now.
A loud phone call was marring the quiet of the room.
Marring a brand-new toy with scratches made the boy cry.
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
A mark, flaw, or anything else that spoils something.
The deep marring on the tabletop was hard to hide.
She checked the new car's paint and found no marring anywhere.
Similarblemish, flaw, imperfection, damage, defect
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marring is a form of mar

mar, verb: To spoil or damage something, so that it is not as good as before. Full entry

Forms: marmars he/she/itmarring -ing formmarred past tense, past participle
Spelling: mar → marring: double the r, add -ing

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Origin

From the word "mar" plus "-ing".