Synonyms for mutilation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
Related words
- Phrases
- female genital mutilation
- Other spellings
- mutilization
Forms
- Plural
- mutilations → disfigurements, defacements, disfigurations, injuries…
Example sentences
- disfiguration The serum was responsible for the horrible disfiguration.
- injury An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mutilation | rising | |
| disfigurement | steady | |
| defacement | steady | |
| disfiguration | steady | |
| injury | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- injury3
- 10 letters
- defacement
- 13 letters
- disfigurement4, disfiguration
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (injury3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mutilation
- Italiano
- mutilazione