blemish
blem‧ish /ˈblemɪʃ/ noun [countable]
blemish verb [transitive often passive]
خسارت واردکردن، اسیب زدن، لکه دار کردن، بدنام کردن، افترا زدن، نقص
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Synonyms & Related Words blemish(Informal)[noun]Synonyms:- mark, blot, defect, disfigurement, fault, flaw, imperfection, smudge, stain, taint
[verb]Synonyms:- stain, damage, disfigure, impair, injure, mar, mark, spoil, sully, taint, tarnish
Related Words: fault,
scar,
blister,
blotch,
disfigurement,
pockmark,
wart,
catch,
snag,
tear
English Thesaurus: blemish, mole, freckles, birthmark, bruise, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionary I. blem‧ish1 /ˈblemɪʃ/
noun [countable] a small mark, especially a mark on someone’s skin or on the surface of an object, that spoils its appearance
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II. blemish2 verb [transitive often passive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: blemir 'to make pale, injure']
to spoil the beauty or appearance of something, so that it is not perfect ⇒
unblemished—blemished adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocations blemish noun ADJ. minor, slight VERB + BLEMISH have The police say the suspect has a slight blemish on his left cheek. PREP. without (a) ~ (figurative) He was pilloried, but she escaped without blemish. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Thesaurus blemish a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance:
John grew a beard to hide the blemishes on his chin.mole a small dark, sometimes raised, mark on your skin:
Some moles may become cancerous. Helena found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there before.freckles small light brown marks on your skin, especially on your face but also on your arms, shoulders etc:
She had a light sprinkling of freckles across her nose.birthmark a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born:
There was a small birthmark on her left cheek.bruise a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit:
Her legs were covered in cuts and bruises.scar a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you:
The injury left a small scar on his forehead.pimple/zit (
also spot British English) a small raised red mark or lump on your skin, which usually appears when a child is between 12 and 18 years old:
When I was a teenager I had terrible spots. The boy had a few pimples under his chin.wart a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus:
His face was covered in hairy warts.blister a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned:
There was a blister on his arm where the boiling milk had splashed him.rash an area of small red spots on your skin, caused by an illness or an
allergy:
I can’t eat strawberries - they give me a rash.be badly scarred Her legs were badly scarred from a car accident.be permanently scarred His face had been permanently scarred by smallpox.be hideously scarred (=in a very unattractive way) The right side of her face was hideously scarred.be scarred for life (=get a permanent scar) A little girl has been scarred for life in a tragic playground accident.leave somebody scarred The surgery left her face and neck scarred. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
mark a dirty area on something that spoils its appearance:
The bark of the tree had made black marks on her trousers.spot a small mark on something:
a grease spot on my shirtstain a mark that is difficult to remove, especially one made by a dark liquid:
a wine stain on the tablecloth blood stainssmudge a mark that is made when something touches against a surface:
There was a smudge of lipstick on his cheek. He had a smudge of chalk on his jacket.smear a mark that is made by a small amount of something spread across a surface:
The table had a smear of paint on the top.fingerprint (
also fingermark British English) a mark on the surface of something that is made by someone’s fingers:
The glass was covered with greasy fingerprints.blemish a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance:
John grew a beard to hide the blemishes on his chin.mole a small dark, sometimes raised, mark on your skin:
Some moles may become cancerous. Helena found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there before.freckles small light brown marks on your skin, especially on your face but also on your arms, shoulders etc:
She had a light sprinkling of freckles across her nose.birthmark a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born:
There was a small birthmark on her left cheek.bruise a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit:
Her legs were covered in cuts and bruises.scar a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you:
The injury left a small scar on his forehead.pimple/zit (
also spot British English) a small raised red mark or lump on your skin, which usually appears when a child is between 12 and 18 years old:
When I was a teenager I had terrible spots. The boy had a few pimples under his chin.wart a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus:
His face was covered in hairy warts.blister a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned:
There was a blister on his arm where the boiling milk had splashed him.rash an area of small red spots on your skin, caused by an illness or an
allergy:
I can’t eat strawberries - they give me a rash. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲