Synonyms for disfigurement
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Mutilation
2. Deformity
Definitions
- n. 1
The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured.
Forms
- Plural
- disfigurements → mutilations, defacements, disfigurations, deformities…
Example sentences
- mutilation Among the atrocities committed during the war were murder, rape and mutilation.
- disfiguration The serum was responsible for the horrible disfiguration.
- scar Tom rolled up his sleeve, exposing a hideous scar.
- deformity He was born with a deformity in his right hand.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disfigurement | steady | |
| mutilation | rising | |
| defacement | steady | |
| disfiguration | steady | |
| scar | rising | |
| deformity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- scar1
- 7 letters
- blemish2
- 9 letters
- deformity4
- 10 letters
- distortion3, mutilation4, defacement
- 13 letters
- disfiguration
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (blemish2 = 2 syllables).