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
Perfect
Perfect verb - To make better.
Usage example: an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes
Common collocations
| looks | mar looks | perfect looks |
Both words in one sentence
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In Change 123 the female fighters get badly injured, but few scars mar their perfect features.
Source: Beauty Is Never Tarnished - Even so, he found Holly to mar only slightly what was otherwise a near-perfect action movie that delivers an astounding thrill ride.
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The worst part is that the constant berating and atrocious voice acting mar a game that is otherwise darn near perfect.
Source: Continue Your Mission, Dammit!
Cite this Source
Perfect and Mar. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mar/perfect
Mar & Perfect. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mar/perfect>.
Perfect or Mar. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mar/perfect.
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