Antonyms for blotch


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bloch
Phonetic Transcription : blɒtʃ


Definition of blotch

Origin :
  • c.1600, perhaps a blend of blot and botch or patch.
  • noun smudge
Example sentences :
  • The lighthouse was a white dot and the fish shanties a blotch of brown.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The month was April, and the day was blithe, with no blotch in the sky.
  • Extract from : « The Jucklins » by Opie Read
  • There was indeed a blotch on one of the negatives, which I was assured was a spirit.
  • Extract from : « Mystic London: » by Charles Maurice Davies
  • With all the writer's care, however, he had not been able to avoid a blotch.
  • Extract from : « The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson » by Samuel Smiles
  • Mr. Blotch remained in the engine room throughout the journey.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • A blotch of blood was on his shirt-front as he lay upon his side.
  • Extract from : « The Shoes of Fortune » by Neil Munro
  • Slowly from under Philip's body a red line spread to a blotch on the floor.
  • Extract from : « Claire » by Leslie Burton Blades
  • At first she seemed just a blotch of color upon the old burned timbers.
  • Extract from : « Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
  • When he raised his boot, the snake was only a blotch on the floor.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 » by Various
  • Sunday to him was a disease spot, the blotch of an inactive liver.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee from the West » by Opie Read

Synonyms for blotch

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