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Disfigurement

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dis·fig·ure  (ds-fgyr)
tr.v. dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing, dis·fig·ures
To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.
[Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer : des-, dis- + figure, figure (from Latin figra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).]
dis·figu·ration, dis·figure·ment n.
dis·figur·er n.
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Noun1.disfigurement - an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"
disfiguration, deformity
appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
2.disfigurement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
defacement, disfiguration
scathe, damage, harm, hurt - the act of damaging something or someone


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The subject that worked in Mr Willet's mind, and occasioned these demonstrations, was no other than his son's bodily disfigurement, which he had never yet got himself thoroughly to believe, or comprehend.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
By this time there had arisen a shout of laughter at the extraordinary appearance of Car's back, which irritated the dark queen into getting rid of the disfigurement by the first sudden means available, and independently of the help of the scoffers.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
That his generosity rose above my disfigurement and my inheritance of shame.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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