disfigure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

/dɪsˈfɪɡə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disfigure.wav /dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-disfigure.wav

disfigure disfigures disfiguring disfigured

From Middle English disfiguren, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer.

leper

disfiguration disfigurative disfigurement disfigurer disfiguringly

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