| blemish | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. blemish, defect, mar | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| ~ birthmark, nevus | a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth. |
| ~ chatter mark | a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece. |
| ~ chip, check | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something. |
| ~ crack | a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts.; "there was a crack in the mirror" |
| ~ gouge, nick, ding, dent | an impression in a surface (as made by a blow). |
| ~ mole | a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin. |
| ~ scar, scrape, scratch, mark | an indication of damage. |
| ~ burn mark, burn | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body). |
| ~ blot, smirch, daub, smudge, slur, smear, spot | a blemish made by dirt.; "he had a smudge on his cheek" |
| ~ stigma | a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease. |
| ~ verruca, wart | (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus. |
| ~ milium, whitehead | a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland. |
| ~ blackhead, comedo | a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin. |
| v. (contact) | 2. blemish, deface, disfigure | mar or spoil the appearance of.; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
| ~ mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| ~ mangle, maul | injure badly by beating. |
| ~ pock, scar, pit, mark | mark with a scar.; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
| v. (contact) | 3. blemish, spot | mar or impair with a flaw.; "her face was blemished" |
| ~ begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | make soiled, filthy, or dirty.; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
| v. (change) | 4. blemish, flaw | add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective. |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
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