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Meaning of "blemish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLEMISH

From Old French blemir to make pale, probably of Germanic origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLEMISH

blemish  [ˈblɛmɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLEMISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blemish is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb blemish in English.

WHAT DOES BLEMISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blemish in the English dictionary

The definition of blemish in the dictionary is a defect; flaw; stain. Other definition of blemish is to flaw the perfection of; spoil; tarnish.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLEMISH

PRESENT

Present
I blemish
you blemish
he/she/it blemishes
we blemish
you blemish
they blemish
Present continuous
I am blemishing
you are blemishing
he/she/it is blemishing
we are blemishing
you are blemishing
they are blemishing
Present perfect
I have blemished
you have blemished
he/she/it has blemished
we have blemished
you have blemished
they have blemished
Present perfect continuous
I have been blemishing
you have been blemishing
he/she/it has been blemishing
we have been blemishing
you have been blemishing
they have been blemishing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I blemished
you blemished
he/she/it blemished
we blemished
you blemished
they blemished
Past continuous
I was blemishing
you were blemishing
he/she/it was blemishing
we were blemishing
you were blemishing
they were blemishing
Past perfect
I had blemished
you had blemished
he/she/it had blemished
we had blemished
you had blemished
they had blemished
Past perfect continuous
I had been blemishing
you had been blemishing
he/she/it had been blemishing
we had been blemishing
you had been blemishing
they had been blemishing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will blemish
you will blemish
he/she/it will blemish
we will blemish
you will blemish
they will blemish
Future continuous
I will be blemishing
you will be blemishing
he/she/it will be blemishing
we will be blemishing
you will be blemishing
they will be blemishing
Future perfect
I will have blemished
you will have blemished
he/she/it will have blemished
we will have blemished
you will have blemished
they will have blemished
Future perfect continuous
I will have been blemishing
you will have been blemishing
he/she/it will have been blemishing
we will have been blemishing
you will have been blemishing
they will have been blemishing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would blemish
you would blemish
he/she/it would blemish
we would blemish
you would blemish
they would blemish
Conditional continuous
I would be blemishing
you would be blemishing
he/she/it would be blemishing
we would be blemishing
you would be blemishing
they would be blemishing
Conditional perfect
I would have blemish
you would have blemish
he/she/it would have blemish
we would have blemish
you would have blemish
they would have blemish
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been blemishing
you would have been blemishing
he/she/it would have been blemishing
we would have been blemishing
you would have been blemishing
they would have been blemishing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you blemish
we let´s blemish
you blemish
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to blemish
Past participle
blemished
Present Participle
blemishing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLEMISH


alumish
ˈæləmɪʃ
Amish
ˈɑːmɪʃ
beamish
ˈbiːmɪʃ
Carchemish
ˈkɑːkəmɪʃ
dimmish
ˈdɪmɪʃ
famish
ˈfæmɪʃ
Flemish
ˈflɛmɪʃ
gnomish
ˈnəʊmɪʃ
heimish
ˈheɪmɪʃ
hoodlumish
ˈhuːdləmɪʃ
lukewarmish
ˌluːkˌwɔːmɪʃ
qualmish
ˈkwɑːmɪʃ
rammish
ˈræmɪʃ
Rhemish
ˈriːmɪʃ
Romish
ˈrəʊmɪʃ
rummish
ˈrʌmɪʃ
skirmish
ˈskɜːmɪʃ
squeamish
ˈskwiːmɪʃ
warmish
ˈwɔːmɪʃ
wormish
ˈwɜːmɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLEMISH

bleeder resistor
bleeder´s disease
bleeding
bleeding edge
bleeding heart
bleeding-edge
bleeding-heart liberal
bleep
bleeper
blellum
blemished
blemisher
blemishment
blench
blencher
blend
blende
blended
blended learning
blender

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLEMISH

British
Danish
English
fetish
finish
fish
Irish
lamish
on the parish
phantomish
polish
publish
schoolmarmish
slimmish
Spanish
stylish
Swedish
the Amish
the Flemish
Turkish

Synonyms and antonyms of blemish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLEMISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blemish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of blemish

Translation of «blemish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLEMISH

Find out the translation of blemish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blemish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blemish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

瑕疵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imperfección
570 millions of speakers

English

blemish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धब्बा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порока
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mácula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলঙ্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imperfection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Makel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

きず
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cacad
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khuyết điểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

களங்கமில்லாதது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leke
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

difetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skazy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пороку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cusur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψεγάδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebrek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fläck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lyte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blemish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEMISH»

The term «blemish» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.683 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEMISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blemish

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «BLEMISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blemish.
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Robert Patterson
In an organic system you don't waste anything. We need to educate the consumer to accept a tiny blemish on an orange.
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William Tyndale
To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law.
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John Wycliffe
We all are originally sinners as Adam and in Adam, his leprosy cleaving faster to us than Naaman's did to Gahazai, so that even the infant, before it has seen the light of the world, has this blemish inherent in its unborn members.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLEMISH»

Discover the use of blemish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blemish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beautiful Blemish
Kevin Sampsell likes secrets. In the short story collection Beautiful Blemish, Sampsell dives deep into the human psyche to reveal the layers of secret desire, loneliness and hope buried in our hearts.
Kevin Sampsell, 2005
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Perfect blemish: new & selected poems, 1995-2007
A Welsh-English bilingual collection from a celebrated Welsh poet.
Menna Elfyn, 2007
3
Treat Your Face Like a Salad!: Skin Care Naturally, ...
Skin care naturally: blemish-and-wrinkle-free recipes and gourmet hints for a fabu-lishous face.
Julia M. Busch, 1993
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Without Spot or Blemish
Kevin R. Airrington. that just because they go to church or their grandmother is a Christian that they will automatically go to Heaven. This scripture shows us that it doesn't matter who we chose to spend our time with, we are not saved by ...
Kevin R. Airrington
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The Englishman's Hebrew & Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...
3: 1 , 6. he shall offer it without blemish 9. the fat thereof, (and) the whole rump, 4: 3. a young bullock without blemish 23. goats, a male without blemish : 28. goats, a female without blemish, 32. he shall bring it a female without blemish, 5: 1 5. a ...
George Vicesimus Wigram, 1860
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Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics: A Compilation of ...
A double ear is also mentioned as a blemish in women.4" • If one ear is large and the other ear is small in appearance but not by measurement, that is to say, if everyone can clearly recognize the difference without the need to measure the ...
‎2003
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
164- BLEMISH. IRREPROACHABLE, that is, not able to be repmaehed (v. To blame). UNBLEMISHED, that is, Without blemish (v. Blemish). UNSPOTT ED, that is, without spot (11. Blemish). Blameless is less than irreproachable; what is ...
George Crabb, 1816
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order; with ...
“142 BLEMISH. Take particuler care that. your amusement: be of In trrcproacltable hind. Brim. But now those white uubhnu'lk'd manners, whence The iibling poets took their golden age, Are found no more amid their iron times. Thomson.
George Crabb, 1824
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
The inhabitants subsist chiefly by hunting, fishing, and breeding of cattle. Carlscrona is the capital. BLEM'ISH, v. 8c n.-\ Junius says from Blemish'less, { blame; Fr. from bleme, Blemish'ment, i which signifies white ; Blemish'inc. *a blemish is that ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
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101 Ways Islam Gives Love to the Bible: The Quranic ...
“the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, None of your descendants throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God. For no one who has a blemish shall draw near,injured hand-, no man of the ...
Mohamed Ghounem, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLEMISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blemish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Last city elections blemish in history
The last elections in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations will remain as a blemish in the history of democracy as the government rigged ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
2
Horses, ATV's blemish PA parks
Port Arthur is preparing to crack down on people who mar city parks either by riding horses, or ATV's on the grounds, and leaving evidence ... «The Port Arthur News, Jul 15»
3
Nama governance called into question
If Nama is found to have dropped the ball on this one, the result will be a significant blemish on its hard-won reputation. It will also play into the ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
The Art of Being Alive Series: The Truth About Being Beautiful by …
I look at myself with complete acceptance and love now, even when I get the odd blemish or two. This is what I believe true beauty is; the ability ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
10 Famous Actors Who Never Should Have Been In Superhero …
Pryor's shenanigans didn't add anything substantial to the story, and while this doesn't dent his impressive career, it did leave a blemish on the Superman film ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
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Invicta FC 13: Cris Cyborg Gets Another Tuneup Fight Before …
The only other blemish on her record is a no-contest against Hiroko Yamanaka following a positive test for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
7
July 4th and the Black Church
It is no secret that there was more to our founding father's than their virtues; that slavery and oppression were more than a blemish in our ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
8
Malicious Prosecution: High Court Orders Woman to Undergo DNA …
But when the woman reappears, it has to be confirmed whether the mistake has been done deliberately or not so that there is no blemish on the ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
9
NWL: Waterloo clips Stingers
Bucks' reliever Nathan Spielvogel recorded a two-inning save, with the only blemish a Tyler Leffler single in the ninth. Waterloo scored both its ... «West Central Tribune, Jul 15»
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Mukti Rose Blossom Hydrating Mist Toner
Years ago I used toners to remove any residual makeup and cleanser in order to combat my then oily and blemish prone skin. Over the years ... «Truth In Aging, Jul 15»

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