Synonyms for blot
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Smear — to stain with infamy; to disgrace
smear, spot, disgrace, blemish, sully, tarnish, reproach, rub out, obliterate, blotch, efface, dishonor US, dishonour UK, taint, blacken, besmirch, scratch out, strike out, defame, discredit, cancel, note, libel
2. Stain — to impair; to damage; to mar; to soil
stain, smudge, slur, soil, spoil, smooch, smouch US, darken, dirty, ruin, mar, obscure, smut, eclipse, defile, pollute, blight, dim, contaminate, begrime, blur dated, foil dated, bedaub dated
3. Erase — to obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out
Other
speck, fleck, disfigure, blob, discolor US, discolour UK, bedarken, becloud, beshadow, splotch, dab
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- v. 2
To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- v. 3
To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- n. 1
A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
Related words
- Word family
- blotto blotch
- Phrases
- blot out western blot analysis
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In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disgrace What you did brought disgrace on the whole class.
- smear Will I be tested for chlamydia during my smear test?
- sully I wouldn't want to sully your good name.
- blemish You are completely beautiful, my beloved, and without any blemish!
- dirty They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.
- smudge There was a smudge of lipstick on his cheek, and his tie was loose.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1, mar1, dim1, dab1
- 4 letters
- race1, note1, spot1, soil1, ruin2, foil1, blur1, slur1, blob1, smut1, daub1
- 5 letters
- dirty2, spoil1, stain1, erase2, smear1, libel2, sully2, taint1, speck1, fleck1
- 6 letters
- cancel2, splash1, stigma2, blight1, darken2, smudge1, defile, defame2, smooch1, blotch1, efface2, smouch, bedaub
- 7 letters
- obscure2, eclipse2, blemish2, tarnish2, pollute2, erasure, eyesore2, expunge2, blacken2, splotch, becloud, begrime
- 8 letters
- disgrace2, sprinkle2, reproach2, dishonor3, splatter2, discolor3, besmirch, bedarken, beshadow
- 9 letters
- discredit3, eradicate4, singleton3, dishonour, disfigure3, discolour
- 10 letters
- annihilate4, obliterate4
- 11 letters
- contaminate4
- 12 letters
- obliteration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).