blemish

Roget category 848

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.2. Discriminative affections

#848. Blemish

noun

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.

verb

disfigure etc. (injure) 659 — speckle.

adjective

pitted, freckled, discolored — imperfect etc. 651 — blobber-lipped, bloodshot — injured etc. (deteriorated) 659.

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