blemish

Noun
  1. A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) (synset 104699505)
    "a facial blemish"
    is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • check, chip - 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
    • dent, ding, gouge, nick - an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
    • mole - a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
    • mark, scar, scrape, scratch - an indication of damage
    • burn, burn mark - a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
    • blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot - a blemish made by dirt
    • 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
    same as: defect, mar
Verb
  1. Mar or spoil the appearance of (synset 201552687)
    "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
    is a type of: deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate - make imperfect
    subtypes:
    same as: deface, disfigure
  2. Mar or impair with a flaw (synset 201540949)
    "her face was blemished"
    is a type of: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty
    same as: spot
  3. Add a flaw or blemish to;
    Make imperfect or defective (synset 200263930)
    is a type of: damage - inflict damage upon
    same as: flaw

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