disfigure

Definition of disfigure

Verbs

mar or spoil the appearance of
"The vandals disfigured the statue"
Synonyms:
blemish, deface
Types:
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mangle, maul
injure badly by beating
mark, pit, pock, scar
mark with a scar
pockmark
mark with or as if with pockmarks
cicatrise, cicatrize
form a scar, after an injury
Type of:
deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate
make imperfect

Vocabulary Lists for disfigure

  • abase
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  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Mar-Apr '09 »(25 words)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1796/
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  • malign

Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" Chapters 1-7 »(488 words)
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 13-25 »(370 words)
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Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 18-24 »(369 words)
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Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" »(343 words)
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