Better
Better verb - To make better.
Usage example: social workers and reformers trying to better the lives of inner-city residents
Mar
Mar verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: the once glossy surface is now marred by numerous small pits and abrasions
Nearby Word: Mary
Common collocations
| face | better face | mar face |
Both words in one sentence
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Luis Fernando also assumed Nandito was María's lover before he knew better.
Source: Series / María la del Barrio - A short novel by George Alec Effinger, better known for his cyberpunk Marîd Audran series.
- Being unable to use his power on himself to make him better-looking made him a bitter, sadistic creature, who delighted in using his powers to mar and deform the faces of others, making him one of the few truly malicious members of the Morlocks.
Source: Blessed With Suck / Comic Books
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