Synonyms of disfigured

disfigured 1 of 2

adjective

as in deformed

Related Words

• deformed
• distorted
• misshapen
• malformed
• abnormal
• mutant
• defaced
• freakish
• shapeless
• monstrous
• aberrant
• unequal
• disproportionate
• asymmetrical
• lopsided
• unbalanced
• horrific
• ugly
• crooked
• unattractive
• horrible
• nonsymmetrical
• terrible
• irregular
• overbalanced

Dissimilar Words

• undeformed
• perfect
• shapely
• flawless

disfigured

2 of 2

verb

past tense of disfigure

as in damaged

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaged
• injured
• marred
• crippled
• hurt
• weakened
• compromised
• impaired
• eroded
• spoiled
• harmed
• bloodied
• destroyed
• defaced
• flawed
• broke
• blemished
• ruined
• crossed (up)
• vitiated
• wounded
• undermined
• crabbed
• shattered
• deteriorated
• battered
• enfeebled
• endamaged
• wrecked
• mutilated
• tarnished
• blighted
• tortured
• enervated
• wore (away)
• demolished
• dented
• disabled
• maimed
• washed out
• devastated
• mangled
• tormented
• lacerated
• smashed
• scoured
• crushed
• botched
• pulverized
• lamed
• decimated
• annihilated
• wasted
• desolated
• hamstrung
• wiped out
• razed
• scourged
• gummed (up)
• bashed
• dinted
• totaled
• clobbered
• dinged
• dashed
• tore down
• queered
• did in
• banged up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reconstructed
• repaired
• rebuilt
• fixed
• renovated
• patched
• healed
• cured
• reconditioned
• revamped
• mended
• doctored
• rehabilitated
• helped
• remedied
• revised
• rectified
• improved
• edited
• remodeled
• enhanced
• refined
• enriched
• perfected
• ameliorated
• bettered
• meliorated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disfigured

Adjective

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