MARKED


Meaning of MARKED in English

[adjective] - (esp. of a change in behaviour or situation) very obvious or noticeableThere was a marked improvement in my health when I gave up smoking.Unemployment has fallen again, although the change is less marked than last month.The president spoke with passion for an hour, in marked contrast to his subdued address to the parliament yesterday.A marked man/woman is someone who is at risk of unpleasant action being taken against them.He became a marked man when he started spying for the Americans instead of the Soviets, so his murder was no great surprise.She's been a marked woman ever since she criticized her boss's extravagant lifestyle.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.