pim·ple

(pĭm′pəl)

A small swelling of the skin, usually caused by acne; a papule or pustule.

[Middle English.]

pim′pled, pim′ply adj.

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pim•ply

(ˈpɪm pli)

adj. -pli•er, -pli•est.

having many pimples.

Often, pim•pled (ˈpɪm pəld)

[1740–50]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

pimply - (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin

acned, pimpled, pustulate

blemished - marred by imperfections

Translations

boutonneux

foruncoloso pustoloso

pimply

[ˈpɪmplɪ] ADJ (pimplier (compar) (pimpliest (superl))) → lleno de granos, cubierto de granos
a pimply youth (fig) → un mozalbete, un mocoso (pej)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pimply

[ˈpɪmpli] adj [person, face] → boutonneux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pimply

adj (+er) → pickelig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pimply

[ˈpɪmplɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → foruncoloso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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References in classic literature

He was so ungainly, so pimply about the head, so scaly about the legs, yet so serene, so unspeakably satisfied!

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He went away and ten minutes later returned to find an office-boy, with a long nose, pimply face, and a Scotch accent, opening the door.

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I confess to having received a few simple lessons in conjuring, in a dimly lighted chamber beneath a shop, from a gifted young man with a long neck and a pimply face, who as I entered took a barber's pole from my pocket, saying at the same time, "Come, come, sir, this will never do." Whether because he knew too much, or because he wore a trick shirt, he was the most depressing person I ever encountered; he felt none of the artist's joy, and it was sad to see one so well calculated to give pleasure to thousands not caring a dump about it.

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What I was afraid of was that everyone present, from the insolent marker down to the lowest little stinking, pimply clerk in a greasy collar, would jeer at me and fail to understand when I began to protest and to address them in literary language.

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Jonathan was lazy, Jonathan was pimply, Jonathan was fat-- but Jonathan was orthodox.

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And an uncommonly fine man Miss Snevellicci's papa was, with a hook nose, and a white forehead, and curly black hair, and high cheek bones, and altogether quite a handsome face, only a little pimply as though with drinking.

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Alas, we have to take our pimply faces outside no matter how ghastly we think we look.

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Though generally harmless, the red pimply rash is maddeningly itchy.

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Arms linked, roon and roon the room in anticipation of an interception by some hunky knacky-docky (usually for Jenny) or a growth-challenged pimply (always me).

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He first arrived at the then BBC Radio Birmingham 42 years ago as a "pimply student fresh out of Birmingham Poly doing work experience".

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I was 9 when I used Claudine Barretto's feisty lines from the show 'Mula sa Puso' to clap back at three pimply teenagers bullying me for being gay and naturally gifted in Chinese garter.

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Sahal's large, minimalist flowers--erect pockmarked pistils topped with smaller pimply stigmata--appeared both menacing and vulnerable.

Elsa Sahal: GALERIE PAPILLON