pimple
/ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
pimple noun: an inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
Noun
pimple (plural pimples)
- An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
- I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.
- An annoying person.
- He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
- Scotch (whisky)
- Synonyms:
- pimple and blotch
Verb
pimple (third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled)
pimple meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pimple in Hindi
- inflamed spot on the surface of the skin
- फोड़ा phoṛā, फुड़िया phuṛiyā, स्फोटिका sphoṭikā, फुंसी phunsī
pimple in Tamil
- பரு
pimple in Marathi
- pimple
- पुळी puḷī, तारुण्यपीटिका tāruṇyapīṭikā
pimple in Urdu
- pimple
- دانہ dāna
More languagesFewer languages
- pimple in Bengali
- ব্রণ bron
- pimple in Telugu
- మొటిమ moṭima, కాయ kāya
- pimple in Malayalam
- കുരു kuru
- pimple in Kannada
- ಮೊಡವೆ, ಸಣ್ಣಗುಳ್ಳೆ
- pimple in Gujarati
- ખીલ khīl
- pimple in Sanskrit
- स्फोटिका sphoṭikā
- pimple in Tagalog
- tagihawat, katil
- pimple in Arabic
- بَثْرَة baṯra, بَثْر baṯr
- pimple in Indonesian
- jerawat
- pimple in Persian
- جوش juš
- pimple in Thai
- สิว sǐu
- pimple in Vietnamese
- mụn nhọt, mụn
- pimple in Myanmar
- ဝက်ခြံ wakhkram
Examples of pimple in a sentence
- Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
- “But it's cuuute!” Emily once called a pimple “cuuute,” so Zoe wasn't reassured.
- Fourteen years old, dressed from head to toe in camouflage gear, with a Stallonesque headband and pimples.
Synonyms of pimple
Forms of pimple
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pimples |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pimples |
| present participle | pimpling |
| past participle | pimpled |
| past | pimpled |
Origin of pimple
Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).
Words formed from pimple
Phrases with pimple
Words that rhyme with pimple
Questions about pimple
- What does pimple mean?
- Pimple means an inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
- What is pimple in Hindi?
- Pimple in Hindi is फोड़ा (phoṛā), फुड़िया (phuṛiyā), स्फोटिका (sphoṭikā). See Pimple meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pimple?
- Pimple can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pimple?
- Pimple is pronounced /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/.
- What is the plural of pimple?
- The plural of pimple is pimples.
Words near pimple in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pimple (page history and authors); pimple (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तारुण्यपीटिका (Marathi) (page history and authors); دانہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); ব্রণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); కాయ (Telugu) (page history and authors); pimple (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ખીલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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