blemish

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

blem·ish [blemish blemishes blemished blemishing] noun, verb BrE [ˈblemɪʃ] NAmE [ˈblemɪʃ]
noun
a mark on the skin or on an object that spoils it and makes it look less beautiful or perfect
•make-up to cover blemishes
• (figurative)His reputation is without a blemish.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French ble(s)miss-, lengthened stem of ble(s)mir ‘make pale, injure’; probably of Germanic origin.

Example Bank:
•He was pilloried, but she escaped without blemish.
•The police say the suspect has a slight blemish on his left cheek.
•There wasn't a single blemish on his skin.
•Cover up unsightly blemishes with our new liquid make-up.
•Her skin didn't have a single blemish.

 
verb usually passive ~ sth (formal)
to spoil sth that is beautiful or perfect in all other ways
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French ble(s)miss-, lengthened stem of ble(s)mir ‘make pale, injure’; probably of Germanic origin.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  defect, mar, flaw, spot, deface, disfigure