disfigure
11disfigure — verb junkyards disfigure the landscape Syn: mar, spoil, deface, scar, blemish, uglify; damage, injure, impair, blight, mutilate, deform, maim, ruin; vandalize Ant: adorn …
12disfigure — /dɪsˈfɪgə / (say dis figuh) verb (t) (disfigured, disfiguring) 1. to mar the figure, appearance, or beauty of; deform; deface. 2. to mar the effect or excellence of. {Middle English disfigure(n), from Old French desfigurer, from des dis 1 +… …
13disfigure — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French desfigurer, from des dis + figure figure Date: 14th century 1. to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries < a face disfigured by smallpox > 2. obsolete disguise •… …
14disfigure — disfigurer, n. /dis fig yeuhr/; Brit. /dis fig euhr/, v.t., disfigured, disfiguring. 1. to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings. 2. to mar the effect or excellence… …
15disfigure — verb Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative The burnings disfigured his face …
16disfigure — verb be disfigured ADVERB ▪ badly, grossly, hideously, horribly, severely ▪ He was badly disfigured by the accident. ▪ permanently …
17disfigure — Synonyms and related words: blemish, blot, check, cicatrize, crack, craze, deface, deform, disproportion, distort, dysphemize, flaw, kink, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell, look something terrible, mar, misshape, mutilate,… …
18disfigure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deface, mar, mutilate, blemish. See deterioration, distortion, formlessness, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deface, mar, mutilate, deform; see damage 1 , distort 3 , hurt 1 . III …
19disfigure — dis|fig|ure [dısˈfıgə US ˈfıgjər] v [T] to spoil the appearance that something naturally has ▪ His face had been disfigured in an accident. >disfigured adj >disfigurement n [U and C] >disfiguring adj ▪ a disfiguring disease …
20disfigure — dis|fig|ure [ dıs fıgjər ] verb transitive to spoil the appearance of someone or something …
