Synonyms for blemish
ˈblɛm ɪʃblem·ish

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1. blemish

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. blemish

   Synonyms:
   spot, blur, blot, flaw, speck, fault, imperfection, stain, daub, tarnish, defacement, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, defect

   Antonyms:
   purity, unsulliedness, honor, intactness

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1. blemish, defect, marverb

   a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

   "a facial blemish"

   Synonyms:
   mar, flaw, fault, defect, shortcoming

2. deface, disfigure, blemishverb

   mar or spoil the appearance of

   "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

   Synonyms:
   disfigure, spot, flaw, deface

3. blemish, spotverb

   mar or impair with a flaw

   "her face was blemished"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, blob, recognize, recognise, flaw, descry, fleck, espy, pick out, deface, spy, disfigure, distinguish, blot, make out, discern, spot

4. flaw, blemishverb

   add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

   Synonyms:
   disfigure, spot, flaw, deface

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1. • Damage
   • Mar

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1. blemishverb

   Synonyms:
   stain, sully, blur, spot, tarnish, mar, injure, taint

2. blemishverb

   Synonyms:
   defame, vilify, traduce, ASPERSE, calumniate, slander, malign, revile, run down, speak ill of

3. blemishnoun

   Synonyms:
   stain, spot, defect, speck, blur, soil, tarnish, flaw, fault

4. blemishnoun

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, dishonor, reproach, taint

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1. blemishnoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, fault, imperfection, eyesore, disfigurement, blot

2. blemishverb

   Synonyms:
   deface, mar, disfigure, sully

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "blemish":

   blot, stain, smear, soiling, spot

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1. Donald Trump:

   He's an outstanding intellect. An outstanding judge. Respected by everybody. Never even had a little blemish on his record. The FBI has I think gone through a process six times with him over the years where he went to higher and higher positions. He is somebody very special.

2. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff:

   I think Brazil and the U.S. have a great deal in common, we are two countries that have a hallmark in our history, something that we actually had to fight to overcome. I'm talking about the blemish of slavery.

3. Paul Christopher:

   I guess the only blemish is that wages number, and I am looking for some sign there is something seasonal going on here, which could always be the case.

4. Sheldon Whitehouse:

   I think it's not only wrong, i think it's really low. This is a woman who has worked in the Department of Justice under Republican and Democratic administrations without blemish for 27 years.

5. Thomas Vinson:

   I signed up for the Air Force to take care of and defend this country, i took that oath to the Constitution and I know I broke that oath that day by entering that building and participating in the events of January 6. It's blemish that's going to be on myself, my family for the rest of my life, and the country, and into the history books.