blemish

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

desfigurar

mancha

avariar

danificar

defeito

deteriorar

espinha

estragar

mácula

manchar

marcar

quebrar

sinal

criar uma falha ou defeito

acne

tornar imperfeito ou defeituoso

arruinar

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

Makel

manchar

mancha

defecto

ελάττωμα

abîmer

défaut

tacha

Schönheitsfehler

réfuter

verunstalten

κηλίδα

imperfection

estropear

bozmak

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈblɛmɪʃ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: blemisshen

Cognato com holandês: bles

Cognato com alemão: blass

Cognato com inglês arcaico: 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”).