Word Meanings - BLOTCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. (more info) black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also
Additional info about word: BLOTCH
A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. (more info) black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. Harvey.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BLOTCH)
- Blot Obscure
- tarnish
- spoil
- sully
- spot
- discolor
- pollute
- obliterate
- erase
- blur
- stain
- blotch
- smear
- smutch
- Boggle
- Halt
- hesitate
- dubitate
- falter
- blunder
- botch
- mar
- Pimple
- Pustule
- eruption
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BLOTCH)
Related words: (words related to BLOTCH)
- BOGGLE
1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision. We start and boggle at every unusual appearance. Glanvill. Boggling at nothing which serveth - FALTER
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell. - BLOTCH
A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. (more info) black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also - DECORATE
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - OBSCURENESS
Obscurity. Bp. Hall. - PURIFY
1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt - SIGNALIZE
1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship - SMEAR DAB
The sand fluke . - OBSCURER
One who, or that which, obscures. - BOTCH
1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling - BLUNDERHEAD
A stupid, blundering fellow. - SMEARED
Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth . - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - BOGGLER
One who boggles. - BOTCHERY
A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy or careless workmanship. - POLLUTE
To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32. They have polluted themselves with blood. - BLUNDERER
One who is apt to blunder. - EMBLAZONING
The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings. - SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains - BESMEAR
To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser. - SUSTAINABLE
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable. - SUBOBSCURELY
Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.