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blotch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of blotch

1 a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
  • a dog with a single small blotch of black
Synonyms of blotch

dapple, dot, eyespot, fleck, mottle, patch, pip, point, speck, speckle, splotch, spot
Words Related to blotch

birthmark, freckle, mole

blob, blot, mark, smear, smudge, smutch, stain

spatter, splash

polka dot
2 something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
  • that cell tower is another blotch on the landscape
Synonyms of blotch

blemish, blight, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar
Words Related to blotch

abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape

bug, glitch, kink

blot, blur, spot, stain, taint

damage, defacement, impairment, injury

failing, weakness
Near Antonyms of blotch

adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament

blotch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blotch

to mark with small spots especially unevenly
  • my pen leaked and blotched my shirt pocket
Synonyms of blotch

dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, marble, mottle, pepper, shoot, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stipple
Words Related to blotch

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter

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