Disfigure

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disfigure \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.
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           Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\, n.
     Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disfigure
       v : mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks";
           "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: {deface}, {blemish}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "disfigure":
     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