"blemished" meaning in English

See blemished in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more blemished [comparative], most blemished [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} blemished (comparative more blemished, superlative most blemished)
  1. Having blemishes; flawed. Related terms: unblemished
    Sense id: en-blemished-en-adj-mf5v483Y

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blemished
  1. simple past and past participle of blemish Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: blemish
    Sense id: en-blemished-en-verb-HpjTrnQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66

Alternative forms

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