blot as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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blot
noun
1 blot
A blemish made by dirt.
synonyms: daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot.
Roget 874:
disrepute,
discredit;
ill repute,
bad repute,
bad name,
bad odor,
bad favor,
ill name,
ill odor,
ill favor;
disapprobation
etc.
932;
ingloriousness,
derogation;
abasement,
debasement;
abjectness
etc.
adj.;
degradation,
dedecoration†;
a long farewell to all my greatness
[Henry VIII];
odium,
obloquy,
opprobrium,
ignominy.
dishonor,
disgrace;
shame,
humiliation;
scandal,
baseness,
vileness†;
turpitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
infamy.
tarnish,
taint,
defilement,
pollution.
stain,
blot,
spot,
blur,
stigma,
brand,
reproach,
imputation,
slur.
crying shame,
burning shame;
scandalum magnatum [Lat.],
badge of infamy,
blot in one's escutcheon;
bend sinister,
bar sinister;
champain†,
point champain†;
byword of reproach;
Ichabod.
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.];
sense of shame
etc.
879.
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Roget 947:
guilt,
guiltiness;
culpability;
criminality,
criminousness†;
deviation from rectitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
sinfulness
etc.
(vice)
945.
misconduct,
misbehavior,
misdoing,
misdeed;
malpractice,
fault,
sin,
error,
transgression;
dereliction,
delinquency;
indiscretion,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
faux pas [Fr.],
peccadillo;
flaw,
blot,
omission;
failing,
failure;
break,
bad break! [U.S.],
capital crime,
delictum [Lat.].
offense,
trespass;
misdemeanor,
misfeasance,
misprision;
malefaction,
malfeasance,
malversation;
crime,
felony.
enormity,
atrocity,
outrage;
deadly sin,
mortal sin;
deed without a name"
[Macbeth].
corpus delicti.
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Roget 495:
error,
fallacy;
misconception,
misapprehension,
misstanding†,
misunderstanding;
inexactness
etc.
adj.;
laxity;
misconstruction
etc.
(misinterpretation)
523;
miscomputation
etc.
(misjudgment)
481;
non sequitur
etc.
477;
mis-statement,
mis-report;
mumpsimus†.
mistake;
miss,
fault,
blunder,
quiproquo,
cross purposes,
oversight,
misprint,
erratum,
corrigendum,
slip,
blot,
flaw,
loose thread;
trip,
stumble
etc.
(failure)
732;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699†;
slip of the tongue,
slip of the lip,
Freudian slip;
slip of the pen;
lapsus linguae [Lat.],
clerical error;
bull
etc.
(absurdity)
497;
haplography†.
illusion,
delusion;
snare;
false impression,
false idea;
bubble;
self-decit,
self-deception;
mists of error.
heresy
etc.
(heterodoxy)
984;
hallucination
etc.
(insanity)
503;
false light
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443;
dream
etc.
(fancy)
515;
fable
etc.
(untruth)
546;
bias
etc.
(misjudgment)
481;
misleading
etc.
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Roget 552:
obliteration;
erasure,
rasure†;
cancel,
cancellation;
circumduction†;
deletion,
blot;
tabula rasa [Lat.];
effacement,
extinction.
Dutch: schandvlek, klad, smet, vlek
Polish: plama
2 blot
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it:
— He made a huge blot on his copybook.
synonyms: smear, smirch, spot, stain.
Roget 848:
blemish,
disfigurement,
deformity;
adactylism†;
flaw,
defect
etc.
(imperfection)
651;
injury
etc.
(deterioration)
659;
spots on the sun†;
eyesore.
stain,
blot;
spot,
spottiness;
speck,
speckle,
blur.
tarnish,
smudge;
dirt
etc.
653.
[blemish on a person's skin: list]
freckle,
mole,
macula [Anat.],
patch,
blotch,
birthmark;
blobber lip†,
blubber lip;
blain†,
maculation;
scar,
wem†;
pustule;
whelk;
excrescence,
pimple
etc.
(protuberance)
250.
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Polish: plama
verb
1 blot
Dry (ink) with blotting paper.
Roget 431:
be black
etc.
adj.;
render black
etc.
adj..
blacken,
infuscate†,
denigrate;
blot,
blotch;
smutch†;
smirch;
darken
etc.
421.
black,
sable,
swarthy,
somber,
dark,
inky,
ebony,
ebon,
atramentous†,
jetty;
coal-black,
jet-black;
fuliginous†,
pitchy,
sooty,
swart,
dusky,
dingy,
murky,
Ethiopic;
low-toned,
low in tone;
of the deepest dye.
black as jet
etc.
n.,
black as my hat,
black as a shoe,
black as a tinker's pot,
black as November,
black as thunder,
black as midnight;
nocturnal
etc.
(dark)
421;
nigrescent†;
gray
etc.
432;
obscure
etc.
421.
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2 blot
Make a spot or mark onto.
synonyms: blob, fleck, spot.
Roget 653:
be unclean,
become unclean
etc.
adj.;
rot,
putrefy,
ferment,
fester,
rankle,
reek;
stink
etc.
401;
mold,
molder;
go bad
etc.
adj..
render unclean
etc.
adj.;
dirt,
dirty;
daub,
blot,
blur,
smudge,
smutch†,
soil,
smoke,
tarnish,
slaver,
spot,
smear;
smirch;
begrease†;
dabble,
drabble†,
draggle,
daggle†;
spatter,
slubber;
besmear
&c.,
bemire,
beslime†,
begrime,
befoul;
splash,
stain,
distain†,
maculate,
sully,
pollute,
defile,
debase,
contaminate,
taint,
leaven;
corrupt
etc.
(injure)
659;
cover with dust
etc.
n.;
drabble in the mud†;
roil.
wallow in the mire;
slobber,
slabber†.
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