Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blemish

1 sense of blemish

Sense 1
blemish, defect, mar -- (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish")
       => appearance, visual aspect -- (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blemish

3 senses of blemish

Sense 1
deface, disfigure, blemish -- (mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue")
       => mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate -- (make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty")

Sense 2
blemish, spot -- (mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished")
       => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -- (make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!")

Sense 3
flaw, blemish -- (add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective)
       => damage -- (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree")