blemish

1. 1.

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

   “a facial blemish”

   Synonymsdefectmar

   Broaderappearance

   Narrowerbirthmarkchatter markcheckcrackdentmolescratchburnsmudgestigma

Other forms of blemish

plural

blemishes·

past tense

blemished·

present participle

blemishing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blemish

What does blemish mean?

blemish means "mar or spoil the appearance of". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blemish?

blemish has 2 syllables: blem-ish. The stress falls on "blem". In IPA it is /ˈblɛmɪʃ/.

What is another word for blemish?

Close synonyms include deface, disfigure, spot, flaw, defect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blemish a common word?

blemish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.