disfigure

dis·fig·ure

verb
\dis-ˈfi-gyər, especially British -ˈfi-gər\

Definition of DISFIGURE

transitive verb

1

: to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries <a face disfigured by smallpox>

2

obsolete : disguise

— dis·fig·ure·ment \-mənt\ noun

Examples of DISFIGURE

1. His face was disfigured by a scar.
2. <the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake>

Origin of DISFIGURE

Middle English, from Anglo-French desfigurer, from des- dis- + figure figure

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to DISFIGURE

Synonyms: blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), deface, damage, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate

Antonyms: doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp

Related Words: deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken; erode, scour, wash out, wear (away); blight, tarnish; dent, ding, dint; botch, gum (up), queer; lacerate, wound; disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture; annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck

Near Antonyms: cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy; edit, remodel, revise; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine

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