Meaning of DISFIGURE
| Pronunciation: | | dis'figyur
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| | Definition: | | [v] mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
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| | Synonyms: | | blemish, deface |
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| | See Also: | | deflower, impair, mangle, mar, mark, maul, pit, pock, scar, spoil, vitiate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF.
desfigurer, F. d['e]figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer
to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See
{Figure}, and cf. {Defiguration}.]
To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or
beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.
--Milton.
Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
\Dis*fig"ure\, n.
Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, offend, offend the eye, scab, scar, scarify, split, spoil, truncate, twist, uglify, warp |
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