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noun | verb blemishblemish1 /ˈblɛmɪʃ/ noun [countable] THESAURUScolored area► mark a small area of darker or lighter color on a plain surface such as a person’s skin or an animal’s fur: The kitten is mainly white with black marks on her back. ► bruise a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit: How did you get that bruise on your arm? ► freckle one of several small light brown marks on someone’s skin: A little red-headed boy with freckles was running around. ► mole a small usually brown mark on the skin that is often slightly higher than the skin around it: Jim has several moles on his back. ► scar a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you: He still had a scar where he had been cut. ► pimple a small raised red mark or lump on your skin that teenagers often have: She had a big red pimple on her nose. ► wart a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus (=a living thing that causes an infectious illness): The doctor froze a wart off my finger. ► blister a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned: The sunburn was so bad that she had blisters on her shoulders. ► blemish formal a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance: She used makeup to hide the blemishes on her face. a small mark, especially a mark on someone’s skin or on the surface of an object, that spoils its appearance ► see thesaurus at mark2 noun | verb blemishblemish2 verb [transitive often passive] ETYMOLOGYblemish2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French blemir to make pale, injure VERB TABLEblemish |
Present | I, you, we, they | blemish | | he, she, it | blemishes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | blemished | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have blemished | | he, she, it | has blemished | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had blemished | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will blemish | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have blemished |
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Present | I | am blemishing | | he, she, it | is blemishing | | you, we, they | are blemishing | Past | I, he, she, it | was blemishing | | you, we, they | were blemishing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been blemishing | | he, she, it | has been blemishing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been blemishing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be blemishing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been blemishing |
to spoil the appearance, beauty, or perfection of something [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French blemir to make pale, injure]—blemished adjective → see also unblemished |