English > blemish: 4 senses > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). |
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| Example | "a facial blemish" |
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| Synonyms | defect, mar |
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| Narrower | birthmark, nevus | A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth |
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| blackhead, comedo | A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin |
| burn, burn mark | A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) |
| chatter mark | A mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece |
| check, chip | A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken ... / broken off of something |
| crack | A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts |
| dent, ding, gouge, nick | An impression in a surface (as made by a blow / blow) |
| mole | A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin |
| scratch, scrape, scar, mark | An indication of damage |
| smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur | A blemish made by dirt |
| stigma | A skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease |
| wart, verruca | (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin |
| whitehead, milium | A small whitish / whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland |
| Broader | appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
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| Spanish | defecto, imperfección, mácula, mancha, marca, tacha, tara |
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| Catalan | defecte, imperfecció, màcula, tara |
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| Verbs | blemish | add a flaw or blemish to |
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| blemish | mar or impair with a flaw |
| blemish | mar or spoil the appearance of |
