Blotch
[blɒtʃ] or [blɑtʃ]
Definition
(a.) A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.
(a.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.
Editor: Lou
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pustule, eruption, pimple, blain.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BLOT]
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Definition
n. a dark spot on the skin: a pustule.—v.t. to mark or cover with blotches.—adjs. Blotched Blotch′y.
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Examples
- You only knew the town was there, because you knew there could have been no such sulky blotch upon the prospect without a town. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The torches we carried dropped great blotches of fire upon the track, and I could see those, too, lying smoking and flaring. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was a widespread, comfortable-looking building, two-storied, slate-roofed, with great yellow blotches of lichen upon the grey walls. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- What a horrid looking-glass--it's all blotched and discoloured. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Abject tears stood in its eyes, and stained the blotched red of its cheeks. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It's a farce--a crazy farce, he repeated, his eyes fixed on the long vista of the room reflected in the blotched glass between the windows. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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