disfigure
/dɪsˈfɪɡə//dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/
disfigure verb: to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.
Verb
disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)
- 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.
- The North British Railway was always anxious to connect its line to Helensburgh Pier but the local residents would not permit their foreshore or promenade to be disfigured, so the company had to resort further east and on May 18, 1882, opened the railway pier and station at Craigendoran.1959 November, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification retrospect”, in Trains Illustrated, page 544
- Synonyms:
- leper, disfeature
disfigure meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
disfigure in Tamil
- அழகைக் கெடு, உருக்குலை, கறைப்படுத்து, தோற்றங் குலை, விகாரமாக்கு
disfigure in Urdu
- بدصورت بنانا, مسخ کرنا
disfigure in Malayalam
- വികൃതമാക്കുക, വിരൂപമാക്കുക, ഭംഗിനശിപ്പിക്കുക
disfigure in Kannada
- ಪಾಂಗು ಕೆಡಿಸು, ಪರಿಜು ಕೆಡಿಸು, ವಿರೂಪಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕುರೂಪಗೊಳಿಸು, ರೂಪುಗೆಡಿಸು
More languagesFewer languages
- disfigure in Tagalog
- despigurahin, papangitin
Examples of disfigure in a sentence
- The shorter interval is likely because biocolonization becomes disfiguring more quickly once it has been established.
- Timmy was very disfigured with basel cell sarcoma and he hated to have his blood drawn.
- She had once been very beautiful, and now she was very disfigured and angry.
Synonyms of disfigure
Forms of disfigure
| third-person singular present | disfigures |
|---|---|
| present participle | disfiguring |
| past participle | disfigured |
| past | disfigured |
Origin of disfigure
From Middle English disfiguren, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer.
Words formed from disfigure
Questions about disfigure
- What does disfigure mean?
- Disfigure means to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.
- What is disfigure in Tamil?
- Disfigure in Tamil is அழகைக் கெடு, உருக்குலை, கறைப்படுத்து. See Disfigure meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disfigure?
- Disfigure is a verb.
- How do you pronounce disfigure?
- Disfigure is pronounced /dɪsˈfɪɡə/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disfigure?
- The past tense of disfigure is disfigured.
Words near disfigure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disfigure (page history and authors); disfigure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disfigure (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disfigure (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disfigure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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