blemish
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Bad scripts may include self-defeating "games" such as "Kick Me," a gambit of the self-pitying, and "Blemish," the ploy of people who compensate for inferiority feelings by pointing out the failings of others.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no Blemish to be observed in Virgil under this Head, and but a very few in Milton.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Blemish, blem′ish, n. a stain or defect: reproach.—v.t. to mark with any deformity: to tarnish: to defame.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The Blemish of Fergus But it is hard for a mortal to get the better of Fairyland—a touch of hidden malice lurks in magical gifts, and so it proved now.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
What, shall a little biting blast of pain Blemish the blossoms of thy wonted pride?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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