blemished
- adjective
- /ˈblɛmɪʃt/
- The painting was beautiful, but it had a few blemished areas that detracted from its overall appeal.
Examples
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And then I used a little bit of Laura Mercier as well onto any little spots and blemishes and scars and things.
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Kyle stared at photographs of the missing woman, whose blemished skin was a shock.
Fiction book (2002) -
The increased quantity of melanin also makes the skin look blemished and patchy.
Blog text (16) -
They protected the institution and ESPN by calling the product what it was: blemished and less than what ESPN paid to broadcast.
Blog text (5) -
This positive appraisal of hapless, diseased, and blemished physiologies proposed a novel pictorial aesthetic.
Academic text (2001) -
The chef discarded the blemished tomatoes because they would ruin the dish.
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She decided to return the dress because it had a blemished hem at the bottom.
Synonyms
Not perfect because of a mistake or problem
Marked by old visible cuts or damage
Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces
Harmed so it works or looks worse
Having a damaged appearance that makes a face or thing look ruined
A thing that has lost its color, often with stains
Having small scratches and light surface damage, like on shoes or bags
Marked or colored by something that is hard to remove
Having small spots on the surface
Having a mark or fault that makes it look worse
Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth
Covered with many small holes or scars
Having many small pits or scars, often on the skin
Marked with irregular spots of a different color
With small spots of a different color
With black marks or spots on the surface
An object or animal that has irregular white spots
Antonyms
How Blemished
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word blemished comes from the old word blemish, which meant a 'spot' or 'mark' that spoiled a surface. So, if something is blemished, it has a visible flaw or mark that ruins its look or quality.