1. Marred by imperfections
   "The blemished fruit was sold at a discount"
    
2. Having a blemish or flaw
   "a blemished diamond";
   - flawed

1. Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
   "The scratch blemished the surface of the table";
   - flaw
    
2. Mar or impair with a flaw
   "her face was blemished";
   - spot
    
3. Mar or spoil the appearance of
   "scars blemished her cheeks";
   - deface, disfigure

See also: acned, blebbed, blebby, blotchy, damaged, flyblown, imperfect, marred, pimpled, pimply, pocked, pockmarked, pustulate, scarred

Type of: begrime, bemire [archaic], colly [archaic], damage, deflower, dirty, grime, impair, mar, pollute, soil, spoil, vitiate

Antonym: unblemished

Encyclopedia: Blemish