to destroy or diminish the perfection of

The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.

a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar.

a defect or flaw; stain; blight

a blemish on his record.

noun

adornment , decoration , embellishment , ornament

verb

adorn , beautify , decorate , embellish , ornament

noun

beauty spot , birthmark , blackhead , blister , bloom * , blot , blotch , blot on the landscape , blur , brand , bruise , bug * , catch , chip , cicatrix , defacement , defect , deformity , dent , discoloration , disfigurement , disgrace , dishonor , eyesore , fault , freckle , hickey , imperfection , impurity , lentigo , lump , macula , maculation , mark , mole , nevus , nodule , patch , pimple , pock , pockmark , scar , second , sight , smudge , snag , speck , speckle , spot , stain , stigma , taint , tarnish , vice , wart , whitehead , zit * , bug , flaw , shortcoming , black eye , onus , cloud

verb

blot , blotch , blur , damage , deface , distort , harm , hurt , impair , injure , maim , mangle , mar , mark , mutilate , pervert , prejudice , scar , smudge , spoil , spot , stain , sully , taint , tarnish , twist , vitiate , wrench , detract from , disserve , flaw , birthmark , blackhead , blame , blister , breach , crack , defacement , defame , default , defect , deficiency , deformity , dent , discredit , disfigure , eyesore , failing , fault , freckle , imperfection , mole , pimple , pockmark , slur , smirch , speck , stigma , vice , want , wart , zit