Synonyms for deface
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Disfigure — to damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner
disfigure, destroy, blemish, vandalize US, vandalise UK, mutilate, injure, mar, damage, harm, ruin, spoil, deform, obliterate, tarnish, demolish, mangle, distort, impair, scar, wreck, contort, soil
2. Devalue — to void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
After the painting was defaced a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since.
- v. 2
To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling "void" over them.
Related words
- Word family
- defacement
- Is a kind of
- manipulate
Forms
- Past participle
- defaced
e.g. defaced → disfigured, destroyed, blemished, vandalized…
Example sentences
- destroy Do you really think it will destroy my reputation?
- blemish You are completely beautiful, my beloved, and without any blemish!
- disfigure Yanni went to great lengths to disfigure Skura's body.
By length
- 3 letters
- mar1
- 4 letters
- harm1, soil1, ruin2, void1, scar1
- 5 letters
- trash1, wreck1, spoil1
- 6 letters
- damage2, cancel2, injure2, impair2, deform2, mangle2
- 7 letters
- destroy2, distort2, blemish2, tarnish2, nullify3, devalue3, contort2
- 8 letters
- demolish3, mutilate3
- 9 letters
- vandalize3, disfigure3, vandalise
- 10 letters
- obliterate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).