BLEMISH: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BLEMISH?

Need another word that means the same as “blemish”? Find 51 synonyms and 30 related words for “blemish” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Blemish” are: defect, mar, imperfection, fault, flaw, deformity, discoloration, disfigurement, failing, frailty, fallibility, foible, vice, deface, disfigure, spot, spoil, impair, blight, mark, speckle, blotch, discolour, scar, sully, tarnish, besmirch, blacken, smirch, stain, blot, taint, soil, befoul, ruin, dirty, disgrace, damage, defame, calumniate, injure, harm, hurt, undermine, debase, degrade, denigrate, dishonour, stigmatize

Blemish as a Noun

Definitions of "Blemish" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “blemish” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A moral defect or fault.
• A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body.
• A small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.

Synonyms of "Blemish" as a noun (13 Words)

defect	A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person’s body. That interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information.
deformity	An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed. Respiratory problems caused by spinal deformity.
discoloration	The act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded. Teeth with amalgam fillings may run the risk of discoloration.
disfigurement	An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen. He objected to the dam s massive disfigurement of the landscape.
failing	A flaw or weak point. He was quick to point out his wife s failings.
fallibility	The tendency to make mistakes or be wrong. Studies on the fallibility of memory and perception.
fault	An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person’s character. It was his fault she had died.
flaw	An imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness. There were fundamental flaws in the case for reforming local government.
foible	The part of a sword blade from the middle to the point. They have to tolerate each other s little foibles.
frailty	The condition of being weak and delicate. The increasing frailty of old age.
imperfection	The state of being faulty or incomplete. The imperfections and injustices in our political system.
mar	A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something especially on a person s body.
vice	An immoral or wicked personal characteristic. A mobile phone network is being used to peddle vice.

Usage Examples of "Blemish" as a noun

• Local government is not without blemish.
• The offences were an uncharacteristic blemish on an otherwise clean record.
• The girl's hands were without a blemish.
• A facial blemish.

Blemish as a Verb

Definitions of "Blemish" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “blemish” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Mar or impair with a flaw.
• Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective.
• Mar or spoil the appearance of.
• Spoil the appearance or quality of (something.

Synonyms of "Blemish" as a verb (38 Words)

befoul	Make dirty; pollute. The dangers of letting industry befoul the environment.
besmirch	Smear so as to make dirty or stained. The ground was besmirched with blood.
blacken	Dye or colour (the face or hair) black for camouflage or cosmetic effect. The ceiling blackened.
blight	Cause to suffer a blight. Some people complain that wind farms blight the landscape.
blot	Dry ink with blotting paper. A dust shield blotting out the sun.
blotch	Cover with blotches. Her face was blotched and swollen with crying.
calumniate	Make false and defamatory statements about. He has been calumniating the Crown and all the conservative decencies.
damage	Suffer or be susceptible to damage. The car was badly damaged in the accident.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. War debases people.
deface	Mar or spoil the appearance of. Scars defaced her cheeks.
defame	Charge falsely or with malicious intent. The journalists have defamed me.
degrade	Reduce (someone) to a lower rank, especially as a punishment. She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women.
denigrate	Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country.
discolour	Change color, often in an undesired manner. Too much aluminium can discolour water.
disfigure	Mar or spoil the appearance of. The vandals disfigured the statue.
disgrace	Damage the reputation of. He has been publicly disgraced for offences for which he was not guilty.
dishonour	Bring shame or dishonor upon. She was now unworthy of his notice having been dishonoured by Casim.
flaw	Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. The computer game was flawed by poor programming.
harm	Cause or do harm to. This could harm his World Cup prospects.
hurt	Hurt the feelings of. My back hurts.
impair	Make imperfect. His vision was impaired.
injure	Suffer physical harm or damage to (a part of one’s body. A libel calculated to injure the company s reputation.
mar	Make imperfect. Nothing marred her beauty.
mark	Designate as if by a mark. They re made from a woven surface which doesn t mark or tear.
ruin	Fall into ruin. The tears ruined her make up.
scar	Form or be marked with a scar. Such lung scarring is associated with cigarette smoking.
smirch	Discredit (a person or their reputation); taint. I am not accustomed to having my honour smirched.
soil	Make soiled filthy or dirty. Don t soil your clothes when you play outside.
speckle	Produce a mottled effect. Speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots.
spoil	Alter from the original. He is spoiling for a fight.
spot	Make a spot or mark onto. The velvet was spotted with stains.
stain	Produce or leave stains. Red powder paint can stain.
stigmatize	Describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval. She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock.
sully	Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. She wondered if she dared sully the gleaming sink.
taint	Contaminate with a disease or microorganism. His administration was tainted by scandal.
tarnish	Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air.
undermine	Erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation. The flow of water had undermined pillars supporting the roof.

Usage Examples of "Blemish" as a verb

• My main problem was a blemished skin.
• Thousands of Web pages are blemished with embarrassing typos.
• Her face was blemished.
• His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy.

Associations of "Blemish" (30 Words)

acne	A skin condition characterized by red pimples on the skin, especially on the face, due to inflamed or infected sebaceous glands and prevalent chiefly among adolescents. He was clean shaven with a face that had been ravaged by acne when younger.
cystic	(of a parasite or other organism) enclosed in a cyst. The cystic artery.
deface	Spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it. Scars defaced her cheeks.
defect	A shortcoming, imperfection, or lack. The property is free from defect.
deform	Become distorted or misshapen undergo deformation. The suspension deforms slightly on corners.
demerit	A fault or disadvantage. The merits and demerits of these proposals.
disadvantage	Put at a disadvantage hinder harm. Situations of serious social and economic disadvantage.
disfigure	Spoil the appearance of. Litter disfigures the countryside.
distort	Change the form of (an electrical signal or sound wave) during transmission, amplification, or other processing. A grimace distorted her mouth.
failing	Below acceptable in performance. Received failing grades.
fault	Of a rock formation be broken by a fault or faults. My worst fault is impatience.
flawed	Having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection. A fatally flawed strategy.
gaffe	An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. In my first few months at work I made some real gaffes.
ineptitude	Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful. The officials displayed remarkable ineptitude.
lapse	(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire. The country has lapsed into chaos.
maim	Wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. People were maimed by the explosion.
mar	A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something especially on a person s body. Nothing marred her beauty.
misconceive	Fail to understand (something) correctly. Criticism of the trade surplus in Washington is misconceived.
misunderstanding	An understanding of something that is not correct. There must have been some kind of misunderstanding.
mutilate	Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on. Most of the prisoners had been mutilated.
pimple	A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne. I can see the hut down there just a tiny pimple.
shortcoming	A fault or failure to meet a certain standard, typically in a person’s character, a plan, or a system. He is so forthright about his shortcomings it s hard to chastise him.
speck	Produce specks in or on. Specks of dust.
spot	Mark or become marked with spots. A spot of rain.
spotty	Lacking consistency. The wall had a spotty speckled effect.
stain	Produce or leave stains. Wood can always be stained to a darker shade.
trample	Tread on and crush. He heard the trample of many feet.
unforced	Not brought about by coercion or force. An unforced cheerfulness.
wart	An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or unattractiveness. The toad possesses a dangerous poison in its large warts.