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blem·ish
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Audio Help [blem-ish] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions. |
| 2. | a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar. |
| 3. | a defect or flaw; stain; blight: a blemish on his record. |
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME (v.) < AF, MF blemiss-, long s. of ble(s)mir to make livid, perh. < Old Low Franconian *blesmjan; see blaze2
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blem·ish·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. stain, sully, spot, tarnish, taint; injure, mar, damage, impair, deface. 3. blot, spot, speck, taint. See defect.
—Antonyms 1. purify, repair.
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| Main Entry: | blemish | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | blot, cloud, defect, disfigurement, eyesore, fault, imperfection, stigma, maculation | |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. | |
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| Main Entry: | blemish | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blame, blister, blot, blotch, blur, breach, crack, deface, defame, default, defect, deficiency, deformity, dent, discredit, disfigure, eyesore, failing, fault, flaw, freckle, hurt, impair, imperfection, injure, mar, mark, mole, pimple, scar, slur, smirch, speck, spot, stain, stigma, sully, taint, vice, want, wart, blackhead, defacement, pockmark, zit | |
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| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | defect | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure. | |
| Synonyms: | bug, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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