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disfigured

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verb

past tense of disfigure

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disfigured
Adjective
Those who survived the disease were often left disfigured and scarred. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 In a particularly gnarly flashback, one sibling voluntarily — and crudely — amputates his fingers to match his brother's disfigured hand, which lost two digits when Angier shot him. Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 The bodies had signs of binding the hands and feet, contortion of limbs, cut off fingertips and disfigured heads, according to Kaki. ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025 He’s inspired by the antics of Angus Oblong, the mastermind of The Oblongs, an Adult Swim show that centered around a disfigured family living in an area plagued by radiation. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Helen’s famous face has been disfigured, presumably by her angry husband, Menelaus; the sorceress Circe uses her witchcraft in self-defense, seemingly as a result of traumatic encounters with men. Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Helen’s face is shown to be disfigured as well, due to supposedly an attack in the Trojan War. Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020. Chris Willman, Variety, 1 July 2026 The Yellow Death has disfigured the population, and soldiers in white-and-red tunics serve the savage Duke of Tviot. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 That surgery, which left the boy disfigured, should never have been performed on a patient of that age because the condition naturally resolves in 80% of patients, the medical board said. Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026 The attack permanently disfigured Ruby and left both her daughters, who tried their hardest to save their mother as just two teeny-tiny girls, with scars of their own. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026 Thatcher plays disfigured, suicidal young protagonist P Burke who is hired by a mega tech corporation to virtually operate a beautiful but brainless ‘flesh body’ called Delphi, grown in a lab with the sole purpose of influencing the masses and selling products. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2026 The state largely clamped down on exotic pet ownership after the 2009 chimpanzee attack on Charla Nash in a home in Stamford, which left her permanently blind and disfigured. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfigured
Adjective
  • Such weather favored flowering, and Chow responded by pruning to prevent deformed or small fruit while stepping up watering and fertilization because of the heat.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Courtesy of David Bradshaw One of Bradshaw's primary concerns is parasitic mites, which can weaken or kill honeybees and transmit deadly diseases like deformed wing virus.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • But the scientific evidence needed to rule out that connection could be complicated if the remains are damaged, said Miller.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • This could be particularly relevant to dual citizens who routinely travel with more than one passport, as well as anyone who has had a passport lost, stolen, damaged, or replaced between applying for ETIAS and taking a trip.
    Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The standard medical terms clinicians rely on may become distorted or polluted.
    Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.
    Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But then disaster struck in 2022, when Flintoff was badly injured in a crash at the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey, England.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Carter faces attempted murder charges in which the two deputies and the PG&E worker are listed as victims injured in the shooting, according to the criminal complaint filed by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The rhythmic movement of my hands, the gentle scraping sounds of metal on metal, and the slow, satisfying growth of a misshapen rectangle between my fingers got me out of my head and grounded in the room around me.
    Laura Bradley, HEALTH, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The only plants for Wareheim are the misshapen ones, the otherworldly freak shows.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In seeking a new trial, Anthony’s attorneys have argued that the June proceedings were marred by strict courtroom rules and improper jury instructions.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In seeking a new trial, Anthony's attorneys have argued that the June proceedings were marred by strict courtroom rules and improper jury instructions.
    CBS Texas Staff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Surgeries to correct a seriously malformed heart like Gabriel/Rumi’s are risky.
    Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Anyone who has wired half a dozen community MCP servers into a production agent has watched malformed schemas, missing tool descriptions and overlapping tool names push the model into the wrong call.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Refineries in Russia, a major exporter of fuel, have been crippled by drone attacks from Ukraine.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Over the years this bag has crippled numerous hotel bellmen attempting to lift it.
    John Ficarra, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

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“Disfigured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfigured. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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