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excrescency
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXCRESCENCY
1
an abnormal mass of tissue <fortunately, the excrescency could be removed with surgery>
2
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing <some feel that the planned skyscraper would be an excrescency on the city's low-rise skyline>
Synonyms blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar
Related Words abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape; bug, glitch, kink; blot, blur, spot, stain, taint; damage, defacement, impairment, injury; failing, weakness
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