blemish – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blemish
Participle: blemished
Gerund: blemishing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	blemish
we	Let's blemish
you	blemish

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to try to diminish the reputation of

asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate

deface

disfigure, sully, mar, taint, tarnish, injure, spot, damage

Antonyms

deface

beautify, decorate, embellish, bedeck

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1325, from O.Fr. blemiss- "to turn pale," extended stem of blemir, blesmir "to injure, make pale," probably from Frank. *blesmjan "to cause to turn pale" (from the same source as blaze (1)). The noun is first recorded 1526.
2. From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmī (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).

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