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disfigure

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Synonyms & Antonyms of disfigure

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake

Synonyms for disfigure

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

Words Related to disfigure

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 for disfigure

cure,
heal,
help,
rectify,
rehabilitate,
remedy

edit,
remodel,
revise

ameliorate,
better,
enhance,
enrich,
improve,
meliorate,
perfect,
refine

Antonyms for disfigure

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

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