blemish
noun
[ ˈblɛmɪʃ ]
• a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.
• "the girl's hands were without a blemish"
Similar:
imperfection,
fault,
flaw,
defect,
deformity,
discoloration,
disfigurement,
bruise,
scar,
pit,
pockmark,
pock,
scratch,
dent,
chip,
notch,
nick,
line,
score,
cut,
incision,
gash,
mark,
streak,
spot,
fleck,
dot,
blot,
stain,
smear,
patch,
trace,
speck,
speckle,
blotch,
smudge,
smut,
smirch,
fingermark,
fingerprint,
impression,
imprint,
marking,
blaze,
stripe,
birthmark,
splotch,
splodge,
stigma,
blemish
verb
• spoil the appearance or quality of (something).
• "his reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy"
Similar:
mar,
spoil,
impair,
disfigure,
blight,
deface,
flaw,
mark,
spot,
speckle,
blotch,
discolour,
scar,
ruin,
destroy,
wreck,
be a blot on the landscape,
disfeature,
sully,
tarnish,
besmirch,
blacken,
smirch,
stain,
blot,
taint,
soil,
befoul,
dirty,
disgrace,
damage,
defame,
calumniate,
injure,
harm,
hurt,
undermine,
debase,
degrade,
denigrate,
dishonour,
stigmatize,
drag through the mud,
vitiate,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French ble(s)miss-, lengthened stem of ble(s)mir ‘make pale, injure’; probably of Germanic origin.
