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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Blemish \Blem"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blemished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blemishing.] [OE. blemissen, blemishen, OF. blemir,
blesmir, to strike, injure, soil, F. bl[^e]mir to grow pale,
fr. OF. bleme, blesme, pale, wan, F. bl[^e]me, prob. fr. Icel
bl[=a]man the livid color of a wound, fr. bl[=a]r blue; akin
to E. blue. OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one (black
and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See Blue.]
1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything
which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make
defective, either the body or mind.
[1913 Webster]
Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy
soul. --Brathwait.
[1913 Webster]
2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.
[1913 Webster]
There had nothing passed between us that might
blemish reputation. --Oldys.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Blemish \Blem"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blemished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blemishing.] [OE. blemissen, blemishen, OF. blemir,
blesmir, to strike, injure, soil, F. bl[^e]mir to grow pale,
fr. OF. bleme, blesme, pale, wan, F. bl[^e]me, prob. fr. Icel
bl[=a]man the livid color of a wound, fr. bl[=a]r blue; akin
to E. blue. OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one (black
and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See Blue.]
1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything
which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make
defective, either the body or mind.
Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy
soul. --Brathwait.
2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.
There had nothing passed between us that might
blemish reputation. --Oldys.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
blemished
adj 1: marred by imperfections [ant: unblemished]
2: having a blemish or flaw; "a flawed diamond" [syn: flawed]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
blemished
a.
Having blemishes; flawed.
vb.
(infl of en blemish ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
blemished
a.
Having blemishes; flawed.
vb.
(infl of en blemish ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
blemished
a.
Having blemishes; flawed.
vb.
(infl of en blemish ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
blemished
a.
Having blemishes; flawed.
vb.
(infl of en blemish ed-form)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
blemished
Engelska a.
(avledning en blemish ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb blemish)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Blemished /blˈɛmɪʃt/ شوّهFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
blemished /blˈɛmɪʃt/ befleckt, verunstaltet see: blemish, blemishing, blemishes, blemishedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
blemished /blˈɛmɪʃt/ befleckte, verunstaltete see: blemish, blemishing, blemished, blemishesFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈbɫɛmɪʃt/
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "blemished":
adulterated, bandy, bandy-legged, beautiless, bloated, blotted,
bowlegged, cacophonic, cacophonous, checked, cicatrized,
club-footed, cracked, crazed, damaged, defaced, defective,
deficient, deformed, disfigured, distorted, dwarfed, dysphemistic,
dysphemized, erroneous, fallible, faulty, flatfooted, flawed,
found wanting, grotesque, homely, ill-made, ill-proportioned,
ill-shaped, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure,
inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inelegant, inexact, keloidal,
kinked, knock-kneed, lacking, makeshift, malformed, marred,
mediocre, misbegotten, misproportioned, misshapen, mixed,
monstrous, mutilated, not perfect, off, out of shape, partial,
patchy, pigeon-toed, pimpled, pimply, plain, pug-nosed, rachitic,
rickety, scabbed, scabby, scarified, scarred, short,
short on looks, simous, sketchy, snub-nosed, split, spoiled,
stumpy, swaybacked, talipedic, truncated, twisted, uglified, ugly,
ugly as hell, ugly as sin, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful,
uncomely, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished, unhandsome, unlovely,
unperfected, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, unsound, unthorough,
wanting, warped