Blemish

//ˈblɛmɪʃ//

Synonyms for "blemish" (346 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (70)

deface flaw abrade abrasion baboon bag bark besmirch besully birthmark black sheep blackhead blaze blaze a trail bleb blister bloody blot blotch brand

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break bruise bug burn caste mark catch chafe chalk chalk up check check off checkmark chip cicatrix cicatrize claw concussion crack crackle crater craze cut damage dapple dash defect

Verb(23 words)

spot asperse assassinate backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmear besmirch besully bewray blacken blame blaze blot blur calumniate calumny chat shit chat shite

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cloud deface defame

Noun(1 words)

defect

Strong matches (103)

Related words (173)

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

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Verb(29 words)

malign monsterize muddy reproach revile scandal shit talk shit-talk slag slander smear smirch spatter speak ill of stab stain sully talk shit talk shite talk trash

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tarnish torch traduce trash-talk unflatter vilify vilipend villainize wrong

Noun(2 words)

mar note

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

14 entries

appearance begrime bemire colly damage deflower dirty grime impair mar soil spoil visual aspect vitiate

Synonyms

2 entries

deface flaw

Related terms

4 entries

blemished blemishless blemishment emblemishment

derived

3 entries

blemishable blemisher unblemishing

is a

1 entries

appearance

manner of

1 entries

dirty

related to

11 entries

appearance blemished blemishless blemishment character defame flaw moral spot stain tarnish

Translations

108 translations across 27 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

vlek noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
bevlek verb (Spoil the appearance of)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

κηλίς noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
σπίλος noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Armenian

4 entries

արատ noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
արատ noun (moral defect)
բիծ noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
բիծ noun (moral defect)

Bengali

2 entries

কলঙ্ক noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
দোষ noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Bulgarian

4 entries

недостатък noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
петно noun (moral defect)
позор noun (moral defect)
петня verb (Spoil the appearance of)

Catalan

4 entries

imperfecció noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
macadura noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
maganya noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
taca noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Esperanto

1 entries

makulo noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Finnish

4 entries

jälki noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
tahra noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
tahra noun (moral defect)
vika noun (moral defect)

French

4 entries

défaut noun (moral defect)
imperfection noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
tache noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
tache noun (moral defect)

German

3 entries

Makel noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
Makel noun (moral defect)
Schönheitsfehler noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Greek

2 entries

κηλίδα noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
κηλίδα noun (moral defect)

Hebrew

2 entries

פגם noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
פגם מוסרי noun (moral defect)

Irish

4 entries

ainimh noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
breall noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
ceo noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
cron noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Italian

1 entries

macchia noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Khmer

1 entries

ខ្ចោះ noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Latin

1 entries

macula noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Macedonian

1 entries

недостаток noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Māori

3 entries

koha noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
makenu noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
tongatonga noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Occitan

4 entries

deca noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
defaut noun (moral defect)
defautàs noun (moral defect)
maca noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Portuguese

2 entries

mancha noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
mácula noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Romanian

4 entries

defect noun (moral defect)
hibă noun (moral defect)
imperfecțiune noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
pată noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Russian

4 entries

дефе́кт noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
изъя́н noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
недоста́ток noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
позо́р noun (moral defect)

Scots

1 entries

blain noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Slovak

4 entries

chyba noun (moral defect)
fľak noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
kaz noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)
nedostatok noun (moral defect)

Spanish

4 entries

defecto noun (moral defect)
devaneo noun (moral defect)
imperfección noun (moral defect)
indiscreción noun (moral defect)

Telugu

1 entries

కళంకము noun (moral defect)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vết nhơ noun (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There is yet one minor blemish.

Source: tatoeba (2586211)

Her skin was white as milk and she had not a single blemish anywhere.

Source: tatoeba (2652704)

When noontide drew nigh they felt more ardently in love than ever; Chloe pined and languished at the sight of Daphnis's comeliness which seemed to be without flaw or blemish, and when Daphnis beheld Chloe in her fawn-skin and with the garland of pine-leaves about her brow holding out the bowl to him, he fancied that he beheld one of the Nymphs of the grotto, and drawing near he took the garland from her head and placed it on his own.

Source: tatoeba (6212510)

And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year; according to which rite also you shall take a kid. And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening.

Source: tatoeba (8006219)

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