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a mark on your skin
blemish
a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance:
• John grew a beard to hide the blemishes on his chin.
mole
a small dark, sometimes raised, mark on your skin:
• Some moles may become cancerous. • Helena found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there before.
freckles
small light brown marks on your skin, especially on your face but also on your arms, shoulders etc:
• She had a light sprinkling of freckles across her nose.
birthmark
a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born:
• There was a small birthmark on her left cheek.
bruise
a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit:
• Her legs were covered in cuts and bruises.
scar
a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you:
• The injury left a small scar on his forehead.
pimple/zit
( also spot British English ) a small raised red mark or lump on your skin, which usually appears when a child is between 12 and 18 years old:
• When I was a teenager I had terrible spots. • The boy had a few pimples under his chin.
wart
a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus:
• His face was covered in hairy warts.
blister
a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned:
• There was a blister on his arm where the boiling milk had splashed him.
rash
an area of small red spots on your skin, caused by an illness or an allergy:
• I can’t eat strawberries - they give me a rash.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun ADJ. minor, slight VERB + BLEMISH have The police say the suspect has a slight blemish on his left cheek. PREP. without (a) ~ (figurative) He was pilloried, but she escaped without blemish.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary