disfigurement

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Recent Examples of disfigurement Glanville, who has been publicly chronicling her facial disfigurement and search for answers after developing a mysterious illness, shared on Instagram Wednesday. Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026 The car overturned at the Top Gear Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, dragging Flintoff face down underneath for about 50 metres and leaving him with severe facial disfigurement injuries, rib injuries and trauma. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 July 2026 That incident, which Johnson County court documents say occurred on May 13, resulted in great bodily harm or disfigurement of another person, and a level-five felony charge. Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026 However, Glanville still maintains that her severe facial disfigurement was caused by a parasite. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 The eight-minute short — in which a Parisian man with a facial disfigurement named Marcel dances hopefully in his apartment every night awaiting a non-existent companion — is in fact the brainchild of one Robert Gaudette. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026 Facing the World, which helps children with facial disfigurements gain access to reconstructive surgery, was co-founded in 2002 by her father, plastic surgeon Norman Waterhouse. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 May 2026 The cast also includes Naomi Ackie, who is seen in the trailer, reportedly as the scientist Hagen turns to for help following his disfigurement. Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Examples include chronic pain, emotional anguish, anxiety, scarring or disfigurement, and the inability to enjoy your hobbies, sports, or daily activities. William Jones, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfigurement
Noun
  • For years, physicists have dreamed of optical chips where light can race around corners and dodge defects without losing information.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The girl had been diagnosed with a rare gene defect that produces a neurodevelopmental condition known as Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome, Science reported.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • In France, firefighters guarded a still-burning scar four times the size of Paris.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In France, firefighters in the region around Bordeaux guarded against potential flare-ups inside a still-burning scar four times the size of Paris.
    Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The next morning, a galaxy of itchy red bumps and blotches stretched from my shoulder to my hip.
    Ben Crair, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
  • Verticillium wilt causes similar blotches and yellowing.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • In January, researchers at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine published a study analyzing three dogs from the same litter with varying degrees of deformity.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • The condition could have been a death sentence for a young raccoon, but somehow, Jimothy has managed to thrive, his deformity imbuing him with the cutesy, cartoonish proportions of a Pokémon, or perhaps a Squishmallow.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

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“Disfigurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfigurement. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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