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blemish
[ blem-ish ]
verb (used with object)
- to destroy or diminish the perfection of:
The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
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Antonyms: ,
noun
- a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar.
- a defect or flaw; stain; blight:
a blemish on his record.
Synonyms: , , ,
blemish
/ ˈɛɪʃ /
noun
- a defect; flaw; stain
verb
- tr to flaw the perfection of; spoil; tarnish
Other Word Forms
- i· noun
- ܲ·i adjective
- ܲ·i·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of blemish1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Workers wearing rubber gloves scanned the advancing fruit, grabbing any mandarins with blemishes and dropping them into chutes to be trucked to a juice plant.
The Dodgers’ only blemish came on a Harris home run off Tanner Scott in the eighth.
I confess that the Age of Trump has certainly blemished America’s reputation, and with it the reputation of democracy the world over.
Liverpool have that Forest defeat as the only blemish on their league record.
He added: "It was light contact, it was light enough, there was not a blemish on my police car."
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