disfigured 1 of 2

past tense of disfigure

disfigured

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disfigured
Verb
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
Adjective
Last seen horrifically disfigured and injured on Earth-X, Peacemaker's alternate-universe brother survived despite Harcourt's attempt to kill him. Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025 Indeed, Hammond would quickly move to land several more roles over the next decade — including another landmark pop culture touchstone, a guest spot on The Brady Bunch as the handsome high schooler who loses interest in Marcia after her nose is briefly disfigured by an errant football. Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 The accident leaves him horrifically disfigured, but also gifts him with enhanced strength. Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Clayface, which sources have said will have a budget in the mid-$40 million range, centers on an ascending actor (Harries) whose face is disfigured by a gangster. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025 Benedict Chiu, United States, 2023 A member of a famous K-Pop boy band whose face has been disfigured by an accident must undergo surgery to repair his fracturing image. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025 The woman had lacerations to her scalp and lip that required 17 sutures, five staples, leaving her permanently disfigured, officials said. Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025 Read Next California Toddler disfigured by burns in ‘horrific’ child endangerment case in CA. Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2025 Now with all these things vanished, along with the bookstores and repertory cinemas, the city seems impoverished and disfigured. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfigured
Verb
  • Avoid cans that are damaged, dented, bulging, or leaking.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Adding mulch too early when temperatures are still warm traps heat and tricks plant roots to remain active and produce new growth that can be damaged by cold temperatures.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As a result, his vocals have a kind of stately yet starry-eyed quality, giving structure to these deformed, cosmic beats from the internet abyss.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Repairing a deformed representation of Black women is the focus of the 30th installment of the ongoing series, for which the brand tapped Alice Diop.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One person was killed and three others were injured in a single-vehicle crash near Redfield in Jefferson County on Thursday night, according to Nick Genty, a spokesperson for Arkansas State Police.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Four people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in a shooting in the northwestern Mississippi city of Leland late Friday or early Saturday, the city’s mayor said.
    Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Led by blaring ‘80s synthesizers and a pounding beat, the song features a distorted lead vocal from D’Angelo, who accompanies himself on multitracked backing vocals with the occasional soul shriek thrown in for good measure.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Its highly distorted structure could enable complex transition pathways that lead to metastable ice phases.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The run-up to the vote was marred by arrests, intimidation, and disqualifications that left little doubt about the government’s determination to retain power.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • What little momentum the Broncos created was frequently marred by penalties, and a third-down sack had ruined a scoring chance in the first half.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • No franchise in Disney’s deep corporate Rolodex is more odd and misshapen than Tron.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a hazy, fantastical quality to the videos in general, but not the kind of fantasy where letters are misshapen and blurring into one another.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another hunter had crippled him.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Such a finding could’ve crippled the operations of Google, Meta and X, among various others.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Each agent must gracefully handle timeouts, malformed input or missing data from upstream components.
    Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The third cub — a female — was found to have a malformed shoulder and elbow, likely congenital, as well as a bullet embedded in her front paw, Thompson said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025

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