'Blemish' definitions:
Definition of 'blemish'
From: WordNet
noun
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: blemish, defect, mar]
verb
Mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface, disfigure, blemish]
verb
Mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish, spot]
verb
Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn: flaw, blemish]
Definition of 'Blemish'
From: GCIDE
- Blemish \Blem"ish\, n.; pl. Blemishes. Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. [1913 Webster]
- He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. --Lev. xiv. 10. [1913 Webster]
- The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault; taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blemish'
From: GCIDE
- Blemish \Blem"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blemished; p. pr. & vb. n. Blemishing.] [OE. blemissen, blemishen, OF. blemir, blesmir, to strike, injure, soil, F. bl[^e]mir to grow pale, fr. OF. bleme, blesme, pale, wan, F. bl[^e]me, prob. fr. Icel bl[=a]man the livid color of a wound, fr. bl[=a]r blue; akin to E. blue. OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one (black and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See Blue.]
- 1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind. [1913 Webster]
- Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy soul. --Brathwait. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. [1913 Webster]
- There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. --Oldys. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blemish'
From: Easton
- Blemish imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering animals unfit to be offered in sacrifice (Lev. 21:17-23; 22:19-25). The Christian church, as justified in Christ, is "without blemish" (Eph. 5:27). Christ offered himself a sacrifice "without blemish," acceptable to God (1 Pet. 1:19).
Synonyms of 'blemish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- abrasion,
- baboon,
- bag,
- bark,
- besmirch,
- birthmark,
- black sheep,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blister,
- bloody,
- blot,
- blotch,
- brand,
- break,
- bruise,
- bug,
- burn,
- caste mark,
- catch,
- chafe,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- check,
- check off,
- checkmark,
- chip,
- cicatrix,
- cicatrize,
- claw,
- concussion,
- crack,
- crackle,
- craze,
- cut,
- damage,
- dapple,
- dash,
- deface,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- define,
- deform,
- delimit,
- demarcate,
- discolor,
- discoloration,
- disfigure,
- disfigurement,
- disproportion,
- distort,
- dog,
- dot,
- drawback,
- dysphemize,
- earmark,
- engrave,
- engraving,
- erratum,
- error,
- eyesore,
- failing,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- flash burn,
- flaw,
- fleck,
- flick,
- foible,
- foreign body,
- foreign intruder,
- fracture,
- frailty,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- freckle,
- fret,
- fright,
- gall,
- gargoyle,
- gash,
- graving,
- hack,
- hag,
- harm,
- harridan,
- hatch,
- hole,
- hurt,
- impair,
- impairment,
- imperfection,
- impress,
- imprint,
- impurity,
- inadequacy,
- incise,
- incision,
- infirmity,
- injure,
- injury,
- intruder,
- jot,
- kink,
- lacerate,
- laceration,
- lentigo,
- lesion,
- line,
- little problem,
- look a fright,
- look a mess,
- look bad,
- look like hell,
- look something terrible,
- macula,
- maim,
- make a mark,
- make mincemeat of,
- mar,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- marking,
- maul,
- mess,
- misfit,
- misshape,
- mole,
- monkey wrench,
- monster,
- monstrosity,
- mortal wound,
- mote,
- mottle,
- mutilate,
- mutilation,
- nevus,
- nick,
- no beauty,
- notch,
- oddball,
- offend,
- offend the eye,
- patch,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- pierce,
- pockmark,
- point,
- polka dot,
- prejudice,
- prick,
- print,
- problem,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- rend,
- rent,
- riddle,
- rift,
- rip,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scab,
- scald,
- scar,
- scarecrow,
- scarification,
- scarify,
- scorch,
- score,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scuff,
- seal,
- seam,
- second-degree burn,
- shortcoming,
- sight,
- skin,
- slash,
- slit,
- sliver,
- smear,
- snag,
- something missing,
- sore,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splinter,
- split,
- splotch,
- spoil,
- spot,
- sprain,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- stain,
- stamp,
- stick,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- stone,
- strain,
- strawberry mark,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- sully,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- tattoo,
- tattoo mark,
- tear,
- teratism,
- third-degree burn,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tittle,
- trace,
- trauma,
- traumatize,
- truncate,
- twist,
- uglify,
- ugly duckling,
- underline,
- underscore,
- vice,
- vitiate,
- vulnerable place,
- warp,
- wart,
- watermark,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- weed,
- witch,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrench