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verb
- 1. spoil the appearance of: "litter disfigures the countryside"
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DISFIGURE definition: 1. to spoil the appearance of something or someone, especially their face, completely: 2. to spoil…. Learn more.
1. : to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries. a face disfigured by smallpox. 2. obsolete : disguise. disfigurement. dis-ˈfi-gyər-mənt. especially British -ˈfi-gə- noun. Synonyms. blemish. bloody. break. compromise. crab. cripple. cross (up) damage. deface.
(dɪsfɪgəʳ , US -gjər ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense disfigures , present participle disfiguring , past tense, past participle disfigured. 1. verb [usually passive] If someone is disfigured, their appearance is spoiled. Many of the wounded had been badly disfigured. [be VERB -ed] disfigured adjective.
Disfigure definition: to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface. See examples of DISFIGURE used in a sentence.
To disfigure something is to ruin its appearance, which is what would happen if you drew a big bushy mustache and a pair of antennae on the Mona Lisa. Unfortunately, disfigured people are almost always portrayed in the media as villains, or victims.
Definition of disfigure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. 1. damage, scar, mutilate, maim, injure, wound, deform These items could be used to injure or disfigure someone. 2. mar, distort, blemish, deface, make ugly, disfeature ugly new houses which disfigure the countryside.
to spoil someone's or something's appearance: [ often passive ] Her face was disfigured by a huge scar. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of disfigure from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
disfigure. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dis‧fig‧ure /dɪsˈfɪɡə $ -ˈfɪɡjər/ verb [ transitive] to spoil the appearance that something naturally has His face had been disfigured in an accident. —disfigured adjective —disfigurement noun [ countable, uncountable] —disfiguring adjective a disfiguring disease → ...
To hurt the appearance or attractiveness of; deform; deface; mar. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative. The burnings disfigured his face. Wiktionary. Synonyms: blemish. deface. mangle. maim. injure. defile. uglify. scarify. mutilate. mark. distort. deform. twist. Antonyms: ornament.
