Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Disfigurement; deformity.
- To mar the external figure of; impair the shape or form of; injure the beauty, symmetry, or excellence of; deface; deform, either actually or by incongruous addition.
- To carve: said of a peacock.
- To disguise, especially by putting on inferior habiliments.
- Synonyms Cripple, Mangle, etc. See
mutilate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
- noun obsolete Disfigurement; deformity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And, as I say, there was law and order instead of enactments and restrictions such as disfigure our umpire state to-day.
Law and Order 1910
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And, as I say, there was law and order instead of enactments and restrictions such as disfigure our umpire state to-day.
Sixes and Sevens O. Henry 1886
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The word 'disfigure' means literaly, to remove the face.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010
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The word 'disfigure' means literaly, to remove the face.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010
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The word 'disfigure' means literaly, to remove the face.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010
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The word 'disfigure' means literaly, to remove the face.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010
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The word 'disfigure' means literaly, to remove the face.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010
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The word 'disfigure' means literaly, to remove the face.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010
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The word 'disfigure' means literaly, to remove the face.
Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010
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Slowly attacking the skin and mucous tissue, it can kill nerves, disable muscles, decalcify bones, and disfigure faces.
Religion 2009
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