Blemish

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  • noun. A small mark that makes the appearance of something less attractive.
  • noun. An imperfection that mars or impairs; a flaw.
  • transitive verb. To cause to have a small mark or marks that diminish attractiveness.
  • transitive verb. To mar or impair by a flaw.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To damage or impair (especially something that is well formed, or in other respects excellent); mar or make defective; destroy the perfection of; deface; sully.
  • To impair morally; tarnish, as reputation or character; defame; stain: as, to blemish one's fair fame.
  • noun. A defect, flaw, or imperfection; something that mars beauty, completeness, or perfection.
  • noun. A moral defect or injury; reproach; disgrace; that which impairs reputation; imputation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
  • noun. A moral defect; a character flaw.
  • verb. To spoil the appearance of.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. mar or spoil the appearance of
  • noun. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
  • verb. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
  • verb. mar or impair with a flaw
    • Word Usage
    "He’s a very aggressive player whose only blemish is that he’s not a great skater."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    begrime  bemire  colly  damage  dirty  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Flemish  flemish  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blot  bruise  corruptions  crease  defect  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abrade  abrasion  baboon  bag  bark  
    verb-form
    blemished  blemishes  blemishing  
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