Dictionary Definition
blemish n : a mark or flaw that spoils the
appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial
blemish" [syn: defect,
mar]
Verb
1 mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced
her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface, disfigure]
2 mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was
blemished" [syn: spot]
3 add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or
defective [syn: flaw]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From blesmir.Pronunciation
- IPA:/ˈblɛmɪʃ/
Noun
- A small flaw which
spoils the appearance
of something
- uncountable blemishes on his skin.
- A moral defect
Translations
A small flaw which spoils the appearance of
something
A moral defect
- Finnish: tahra
- German: Makel
Translations to be checked
Verb
- Spoil the appearance of
Translations
Spoil the appearance of
- Finnish: tahrata, pilata
- Spanish: manchar, perjudicar
Extensive Definition
Blemish may refer to:
- A minor imperfection. For skin imperfection, see Acne vulgaris
- Blemish (album) a music album from David Sylvian released in 2003.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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