blemish

Meaning

Noun

1. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
2. A moral defect; a character flaw.

Verb

1. (transitive) To spoil the appearance of.
2. (transitive) To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

Synonyms

defect

fault

stain

flaw

spot

blot

scar

taint

deficiency

smudge

deface

mar

disfigure

cicatrix

slur

injury

smear

scratch

mark

vice

wound

bruise

cut

sully

gash

imperfection

tarnish

speck

smirch

shortcoming

damage

disgrace

pimple

stigma

speckle

smut

mole

impurity

deformity

deform

blast

defile

spoil

blur

blame

blotch

dishonor

besmirch

disfigurement

dirt

Translations

Makel

manchar

mancha

defecto

ελάττωμα

abîmer

défaut

tacha

Schönheitsfehler

réfuter

verunstalten

κηλίδα

imperfection

estropear

bozmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblɛmɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blemisshen

Cognate with Dutch: bles

Cognate with German: blass

Cognate with Old English: āblered

In summary

From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmī (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).