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Blemish

Blemish Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Blemish?
[n] a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
[v] add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [v] mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [v] mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" Synonyms | Synonyms for Blemish: deface | defect | disfigure | flaw | spot Related Terms | Find terms related to Blemish: abrade | abrasion | baboon | bag | bark | besmirch | birthmark | black sheep | blaze | blaze a trail | blister | bloody | blot | blotch | brand | break | bruise | bug | burn | caste mark | catch | chafe | chalk | chalk up | check | check off | checkmark | chip | cicatrix | cicatrize | claw | concussion | crack | crackle | craze | cut | damage | dapple | dash | deface | defect | defection | deficiency | define | deform | delimit | demarcate | discolor | discoloration | disfigure | disfigurement | disproportion | distort | dog | dot | drawback | dysphemize | earmark | engrave | engraving | erratum | error | eyesore | failing | failure | fault | faute | flash burn | flaw | fleck | flick | foible | foreign body | foreign intruder | fracture | frailty | fray | frazzle | freckle | fret | fright | gall | gargoyle | gash | graving | hack | hag | harm | harridan | hatch | hole | hurt | impair | impairment | imperfection | impress | imprint | impurity | inadequacy | incise | incision | infirmity | injure | injury | intruder | jot | kink | lacerate | laceration | lentigo | lesion | line | little problem | look a fright | look a mess | look bad | look like hell | look something terrible | macula | maim | make a mark | make mincemeat of | mar | mark | mark off | mark out | marking | maul | mess | misfit | misshape | mole | monkey wrench | monster | monstrosity | mortal wound | mote | mottle | mutilate | mutilation | nevus | nick | no beauty | notch | oddball | offend | offend the eye | patch | pencil | pepper | pierce | pockmark | point | polka dot | prejudice | prick | print | problem | punch | punctuate | puncture | rend | rent | riddle | rift | rip | run | rupture | savage | scab | scald | scar | scarecrow | scarification | scarify | scorch | score | scotch | scrape | scratch | scratching | scuff | seal | seam | second-degree burn | shortcoming | sight | skin | slash | slit | sliver | smear | snag | something missing | sore | speck | speckle | splash | splinter | split | splotch | spoil | spot | sprain | stab | stab wound | stain | stamp | stick | stigma | stigmatize | stone | strain | strawberry mark | streak | striate | stripe | sully | taint | tarnish | tattoo | tattoo mark | tear | teratism | third-degree burn | tick | tick off | tittle | trace | trauma | traumatize | truncate | twist | uglify | ugly duckling | underline | underscore | vice | vitiate | vulnerable place | warp | wart | watermark | weak link | weak point | weakness | weed | witch | wound | wounds immedicable | wrench See Also | begrime | bemire | birthmark | blackhead | blot | burn | burn mark | chatter mark | check | chip | colly | comedo | crack | damage | daub | deflower | dent | dirty | gouge | grime | impair | mangle | mar | mark | mark | maul | milium | mole | nevus | nick | pit | pock | scar | scar | scrape | scratch | slur | smear | smirch | smudge | soil | spoil | spot | stigma | ugliness | verruca | vitiate | wart | whitehead Blemish In Webster's Dictionary \Blem"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blemished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blemishing}.] [OE. blemissen, blemishen, OF. blemir,
blesmir, to strike, injure, soil, F. bl[^e]mir to grow pale,
fr. OF. bleme, blesme, pale, wan, F. bl[^e]me, prob. fr. Icel
bl[=a]man the livid color of a wound, fr. bl[=a]r blue; akin
to E. blue. OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one (black
and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See {Blue}.]
1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything
which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make
defective, either the body or mind.
Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy
soul. --Brathwait.
2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.
There had nothing passed between us that might
blemish reputation. --Oldys.
\Blem"ish\, n.; pl. {Blemishes}. Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. --Lev. xiv. 10. The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. --Spectator. Syn: Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault; taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace. |
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