Synonyms of disfiguring

disfiguring

verb

present participle of disfigure

as in damaging

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• marring
• injuring
• crippling
• compromising
• hurting
• weakening
• impairing
• eroding
• spoiling
• harming
• destroying
• breaking
• defacing
• undermining
• crossing (up)
• vitiating
• ruining
• blemishing
• bloodying
• deteriorating
• shattering
• wounding
• flawing
• crabbing
• battering
• endamaging
• enervating
• blighting
• enfeebling
• wrecking
• devastating
• mutilating
• demolishing
• wearing (away)
• disabling
• tarnishing
• denting
• scouring
• torturing
• maiming
• tormenting
• smashing
• crushing
• lacerating
• washing out
• botching
• mangling
• annihilating
• pulverizing
• wasting
• decimating
• razing
• gumming (up)
• scourging
• clobbering
• wiping out
• hamstringing
• tearing down
• desolating
• bashing
• totaling
• dinging
• dashing
• dinting
• laming
• queering
• doing in
• banging up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• reconstructing
• fixing
• rebuilding
• patching
• healing
• curing
• helping
• reconditioning
• renovating
• rehabilitating
• revamping
• mending
• remedying
• rectifying
• improving
• doctoring
• remodeling
• revising
• editing
• enhancing
• ameliorating
• enriching
• refining
• perfecting
• bettering
• meliorating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disfiguring

Leprosy, which can be traced back at least 4,000 years, can be highly visible and disfiguring, with the primary symptoms including changes to the skin and nervous system that can take upward of 20 years to develop after exposure. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 29 July 2026

The flames claimed the girls as collateral, scarring both of them but disfiguring Anaia, who worked the hardest to save Ruby. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

The disfiguring bulge in Dinah’s lower face went away. — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026

The trouble is, the new growth is highly susceptible to a disfiguring disease called Entomosporium leaf spot. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026

Hollenbeck and Watkins were reacting to the news outlets’ series, which examined allegations of disfiguring injuries or even deaths tied to cosmetic surgeries. — Fred Schulte, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026

Many patients who file lawsuits blame disfiguring injuries on what happened after their operations, such as office visits in which medical staff allegedly didn’t recognize, or dismissed, evidence of worsening surgical complications, court records show. — Fred Schulte, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025

His body had been subjected to disfiguring violence—not just beaten but run over repeatedly with his own car and partially burned—and many suspected a Mafia-style revenge killing. — Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025

Outdoor turkey frying fires and in-door kitchen stove fires can send residents to the emergency room with disfiguring injuries that often require skin grafting, said Patrick Duffy, burn surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Nov. 2025