Mar
Mar verb - To affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable.
Usage example: mar a politician's reputation with scurrilous rumors
Nearby Word: Mary
Twist
Twist verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Common collocations
| personality | mar personality | twist personality |
Both words in one sentence
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To do so, he needs the power of Madelyn's wish-granting ability, he needs Mar to use her logic powers to twist the rules enough to make this wish possible, and he needs Mar's father, who has not made a wish, to make the wish.
Source: Reset Button - Brokeback Mountain: While the main characters, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, are unambiguously in a secret relationship, many a debate centers on their exact sexuality whether they're gay, bisexual, or not attracted to any men but each other.
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Twist and Mar. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mar/twist
Mar & Twist. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mar/twist>.
Twist or Mar. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mar/twist.
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