DISFIGURE meaning: Alter appearance, usually causing damage

We found 28 dictionaries that define the word disfigure:

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disfigure: Merriam-Webster
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disfigure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
disfigure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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disfigure: Online Etymology Dictionary
disfigure: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Disfigure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
disfigure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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disfigure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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disfigure: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)

disfigure: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

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▸ verb: to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

Opposite:

disfigurement

Types:

burn, scar, stain, mark, blemish, more...

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