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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, damage |
| Synonyms: | bend, blemish, blight, blot, break, bruise, deface, deform, detract, ding, disfigure, foul up, harm, impair, injure, louse up, maim, mangle, mess up*, mutilate, queer*, rough up, ruin, scar, scratch, shake up, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tweak, vitiate, warp, wreck |
| Antonyms: | aid, heal, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blemish, stain |
| Synonyms: | X, autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, chalk, check, dent, dot, impress, imprint, initial, ink, inscribe, label, letter, nick, pinpoint, point, print, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, smudge, splotch, stamp, streak, stroke, trace, underline, write |
| Main Entry: | nick |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | chip, scratch |
| Synonyms: | cut, damage, dent, dint, indent, jag, knock, mark, mill, notch, scar, score, slit |
| Main Entry: | stigma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame |
| Synonyms: | bar sinister, besmirchment, black mark, blame, blemish, blot, brand, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, imputation, lost face, mark, odium, onus, reproach, scar, slur, spot, stain, taint |
| Antonyms: | credit, pride |
| Main Entry: | welt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | red mark |
| Synonyms: | bruise, contusion, injury, mouse, ridge, scar, streak, stripe, wale, weal, wheal, wound |
| Main Entry: | pock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
| Synonyms: | blemish, hole, mark, pockmark, pustule, scar, spot |
| Main Entry: | disfigurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deformity |
| Synonyms: | blemish, defect, deformation, flaw, malformation, mark, scar |
| Main Entry: | weal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | welt |
| Synonyms: | bruise, contusion, injury, mouse, ridge, scar, streak, stripe, wale, wheal, whelk, wound |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Blemish. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; flaw, defect (imperfection) ; injury (deterioration); spots on the sun; eyesore., stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur., tarnish, smudge; dirt., freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip, blubber lip; blain, maculation; scar, wem; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple (proturberance).
-verbs
disfigure (injure); speckle.
-adjectives
pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect; blobber-lipped, bloodshot; injured (deteriorated).
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| Antonyms: | ornament |
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