Antonyms for blemish
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : blem-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɛm ɪʃ |
Definition of blemish
Origin :- early 14c., "to hurt, damage," from Old French blemiss- "to turn pale," extended stem of blemir, blesmir "to make pale; stain, discolor," also "to injure" (13c., Modern French blêmir), probably from Frankish *blesmjan "to cause to turn pale," or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *blas "shining, white," from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).
- The order of appearance of senses in Middle English is "hurt, damage;" "impair morally, sully" (late 14c.); "mar, spoil, injure" (early 15c.); "to mar the beauty or soundness of" (mid-15c.). Related: Blemished; blemishing.
- noun flaw
- verb flaw, disfigure
- There is not a blemish in mind or person at which the proudest of you all would sicken.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- It had a blemish, in the nature of currant jelly, on its chin; and was a thirsty child.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Malignity is seldom at a loss for some blemish to point out.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various
- You have won a great prize, a ruby without a blemish; value it, cherish it.
- Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
- For this blemish, however, he was more to be pitied than blamed.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- All of these animals must be without a blemish, or defect of any kind.
- Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
- No doubt there is in his life some blemish that has brought him luck.
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
- The utter joy of work and freedom and simplicity had no other blemish.
- Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) » by Various
- The blemish was seen to exist before its removal was suggested.
- Extract from : « Time and Tide » by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
- There must be the entire absence of every blemish, stain, or speck of impurity.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
Synonyms for blemish
- beauty spot
- birthmark
- blackhead
- blister
- bloom
- blot
- blot on the landscape
- blotch
- blur
- brand
- bruise
- bug
- catch
- chip
- cicatrix
- damage
- deface
- defacement
- defect
- deformity
- dent
- discoloration
- disfigurement
- disgrace
- dishonor
- distort
- eyesore
- fault
- freckle
- harm
- hickey
- hurt
- impair
- imperfection
- impurity
- injure
- lentigo
- lump
- macula
- maculation
- maim
- mangle
- mar
- mark
- mole
- mutilate
- nevus
- nodule
- patch
- pervert
- pimple
- pock
- pockmark
- prejudice
- scar
- second
- sight
- smudge
- snag
- speck
- speckle
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
- twist
- vice
- vitiate
- wart
- whitehead
- wrench
- zit
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