Synonyms of disfigure

disfigure

verb

dis-ˈfi-gyər 

as in to injure

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• injure
• damage
• mar
• cripple
• hurt
• weaken
• impair
• spoil
• compromise
• erode
• deface
• harm
• destroy
• bloody
• break
• vitiate
• undermine
• ruin
• flaw
• blemish
• cross (up)
• shatter
• deteriorate
• wound
• crab
• tarnish
• enfeeble
• demolish
• devastate
• mutilate
• endamage
• maim
• blight
• wreck
• scour
• batter
• lacerate
• wear (away)
• enervate
• dent
• disable
• smash
• botch
• wash out
• decimate
• annihilate
• torture
• mangle
• torment
• pulverize
• ding
• crush
• raze
• desolate
• gum (up)
• queer
• waste
• clobber
• wipe out
• dint
• scourge
• tear down
• hamstring
• bash
• total
• dash
• do in
• lame
• bang up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reconstruct
• repair
• rebuild
• fix
• patch
• renovate
• help
• mend
• heal
• rehabilitate
• revamp
• cure
• remedy
• rectify
• recondition
• revise
• improve
• enhance
• edit
• enrich
• better
• remodel
• doctor
• perfect
• ameliorate
• refine
• meliorate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disfigure

Symptoms of the disease include severe itching and disfiguring skin conditions, as well as visual impairment and even permanent blindness after lesions develop on one’s eyes. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

In July, the Wall Street Journal published an interview with Eui Seok Kang, who was severely disfigured when the airbag of his Chevrolet Malibu detonated after a crash. — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026

No evidence could prove that Mulderrig, who was 60 at the time of the crash, felt pain or lived long enough to deal with being disfigured, Hogan said. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026

First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again. — Rafael Nam, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026