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pimple

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pim·ple  (pmpl)
n.
A small swelling of the skin, usually caused by acne; a papule or pustule.

[Middle English.]

pimpled, pimply adj.

pimple [ˈpɪmpəl]
n
1. (Medicine) a small round usually inflamed swelling of the skin
2. (Individual Sports, other than specified) any of the bumps on the surface of a table tennis bat
[related to Old English pipilian to break out in spots; compare Latin papula pimple]
pimpled  adj
pimply  adj
pimpliness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pimple - a small inflamed elevation of the skinpimple - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
acne - an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
papule - a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
pustule - a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus

pimple
noun spot, boil, swelling, pustule, zit (slang), papule (Pathology), plook (Scot.) His face was covered with pimples.
Translations
pimple [ˈpɪmpl] N (gen) → grano m; (on face) → espinilla f
she came out in pimplesle salieron granos

pimple [ˈpɪmpəl] nbouton m

pimple
nPickel m, → Pustel f; to get pimplesPickel bekommen; her face breaks out in pimplessie bekommt Pickel im Gesicht

pimple [ˈpɪmpl] nforuncolo

pimple
n pimple [ˈpimpl]
a small round swelling on the skin He had a pimple on his nose. puisie بَثْر، دُمَّل صَغير على سَطْح الجِلْد пъпка pupínek filipens; bums der Pickel μπιμπίκι grano vistrik جوش finni bouton פִּצעוֹן मुहांसा bubuljica,prištić pattanás jerawat bóla brufolo にきび 뾰루지, 여드름 spuogas pūtīte jerawat puist kvise, filipens pryszcz borbulha coş прыщ(ик) pupienok, vyrážka mozolj bubuljica finne สิว sivilce 膿瘡 прищ, вугор مہانسہ، دانہ mụn
adj pimpled/ˈpimply
having pimples a pimpled/pimply face. puisieagtig علَيْهِ بَثَرات пъпчив plný pupínků bumset pickelig σπυριάρης, σπυριάρικος cubierto de granos vinniline جوش دار finninen boutonneux מְכוּסֶה פִּצעוֹנִים फुंसी से bubuljičav pattanásos berkutil bólugrafinn brufoloso にきびのある 여드름투성이인 spuoguotas pūtains; piņņains berjerawat puistig kviset, med filipenser pryszczaty borbulhento cu coşuri прыщавый plný vyrážok mozoljast bubuljičav finnig ซึ่งเป็นสิว sivilceli 多膿瘡的,有丘疹的 прищуватий, прищавий مہانسے دار nổi đầy mụn nhọn

pimple دُمٌل pupínek filipens Pickel σπυράκι grano finni bouton bubuljica foruncolo 吹き出物 뾰루지 puist kvise krosta borbulha, espinha прыщ kvissla สิว sivilce mụn 丘疹


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If I have a pimple on my nose which is disagreeable to my landlord's peculiar ideas of beauty, my landlord has no business to scratch my chair and table merchant's nose, which has no pimple on it.
Yes,' said the other, in a drawling manner, for he was fixing a very small patch of sticking plaster on a very small pimple near the corner of his mouth.
If Josette, when dressing her, chanced to discover a little pimple on the still satiny shoulders of mademoiselle, it became the subject of endless inquiries as to the various alimentary articles of the preceding week.
 
 
 
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