Antonyms for blemish


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : blem-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɛm ɪʃ


Definition of blemish

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to hurt, damage," from Old French blemiss- "to turn pale," extended stem of blemir, blesmir "to make pale; stain, discolor," also "to injure" (13c., Modern French blêmir), probably from Frankish *blesmjan "to cause to turn pale," or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *blas "shining, white," from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).
  • The order of appearance of senses in Middle English is "hurt, damage;" "impair morally, sully" (late 14c.); "mar, spoil, injure" (early 15c.); "to mar the beauty or soundness of" (mid-15c.). Related: Blemished; blemishing.
  • noun flaw
  • verb flaw, disfigure
Example sentences :
  • There is not a blemish in mind or person at which the proudest of you all would sicken.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It had a blemish, in the nature of currant jelly, on its chin; and was a thirsty child.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Malignity is seldom at a loss for some blemish to point out.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various
  • You have won a great prize, a ruby without a blemish; value it, cherish it.
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
  • For this blemish, however, he was more to be pitied than blamed.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • All of these animals must be without a blemish, or defect of any kind.
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
  • No doubt there is in his life some blemish that has brought him luck.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
  • The utter joy of work and freedom and simplicity had no other blemish.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) » by Various
  • The blemish was seen to exist before its removal was suggested.
  • Extract from : « Time and Tide » by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
  • There must be the entire absence of every blemish, stain, or speck of impurity.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

Synonyms for blemish

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