flaw

³flaw

verb

Definition of FLAW

transitive verb

: to make flaws in : mar

intransitive verb

: to become defective

Examples of FLAW

1. <that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced>

First Known Use of FLAW

1610

Related to FLAW

Synonyms: blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), deface, disfigure, endamage, damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate

Antonyms: doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp

Related Words: deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken; erode, scour, wash out, wear (away); blight, tarnish; dent, ding, dint; botch, gum (up), queer; lacerate, wound; disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture; annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck

Near Antonyms: cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy; edit, remodel, revise; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine

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