disfigure
to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
to mar the effect or excellence of: His reputation was disfigured by instances of political favoritism.
Origin of disfigure
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Other words for disfigure
Opposites for disfigure
Other words from disfigure
- dis·fig·ur·er, noun
- un·dis·fig·ured, adjective
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How to use disfigure in a sentence
Over this projects a roof of red tiles, the only thing that disfigures this beautiful square.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsEach one would wish that this hillock were removed which disfigures the beauty of all the landscape.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerNo more loathsome cancer disfigures the body and soul of society today than the frightful affliction of sexual sin.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays | James E. TalmageWhy is it that he often destroys and disfigures his own temples and images?'
The Roman Poets of the Republic | William Young SellarAnd it is a proof of his matured judgment, that there is none of the tendency to melodrama which disfigures Lalla Rookh.
Thomas Moore | Stephen Gwynn
British Dictionary definitions for disfigure
/ (dɪsˈfɪɡə) /
to spoil the appearance or shape of; deface
to mar the effect or quality of
Derived forms of disfigure
- disfigurer, noun
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