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blemish

noun

1 blemish

A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body):
— A facial blemish.

synonyms: defect, mar.

Roget 651: imperfection; imperfectness etc. adj.; deficiency; inadequacy etc. (insufficiency) 640; peccancy etc. (badness) 649; immaturity ... show more

Roget 848: blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; flaw, defect etc. (imperfection) 651; injury etc. (deterioration) 659; ... show more

Polish: stempel, znamiÄ™

verb

1 blemish

Mar or spoil the appearance of.

synonyms: deface, disfigure.

Roget 241: deface [Destroy form], disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate; derange etc. 61; blemish, mar.   

Roget 846: be ugly etc. adj.; look ill, grin horribly a ghastly smile, make faces.    render ugly etc. adj.; deface; disfigure, defigure; distort etc. ... show more

Dutch: beschadigen, ontsieren, schenden, vlek, smet

2 blemish

Mar or impair with a flaw:
— Her face was blemished.

synonym: spot.

3 blemish

Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective.

synonym: flaw.


adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: abrade, abrasion, baboon, bag, bark, besmirch, birthmark, black sheep, blaze, blaze a trail, blister, bloody, blot, blotch, brand, break, bruise, bug, burn, caste mark ... show more.

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