Blemish

Quick meaning: Blemish is a noun meaning A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

Meaning

A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

More Meanings

1. A moral defect; a character flaw.
2. (transitive) To spoil the appearance of.
3. (transitive) To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

Example Sentences

Any foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean.

Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

As piety is the peculiar ornament of old people, so the want of it is a peculiar blemish in their character.

The processes of categorization, stereotyping, discrimination, and self-fulfilling prophecy can also apply to stigmas based on blemishes of individual character.

Word Forms

• blemishes
• blemishing
• blemished

Synonyms for blemish

Depending on context, synonyms include besmirch, denigrate, stain, assassinate, asperse, backbite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flaw, deface, disfigure, spot, defect, soiling.

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