Synonyms for disfigure
Definitions
- v. 1
to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.
His face was disfigured by a terrible fire many years ago, leaving deep scars across his crooked nose.
Forms
- Past participle
- disfigured
e.g. disfigured → defaced, injured, deformed, mutilated…
Example sentences
- injure You have to be careful so as not to injure yourself.
- deface Please don't deface this building.
By length
- 3 letters
- mar1
- 4 letters
- blot1, maim1
- 5 letters
- spoil1, leper2
- 6 letters
- damage2, injure2, deform2, mangle2, deface2, uglify
- 7 letters
- blemish2
- 8 letters
- mutilate3
- 10 letters
- disfeature
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (leper2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- défigurer
- Español
- desfigurar
- Deutsch
- entstellen