disfigure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb mar or spoil the appearance of
    deface; blemish.
    • scars defaced her cheeks
    • The vandals disfigured the statue

WordNet

Dis*fig"ure transitive verb
Etymology
OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disfigured ; present participle & verbal noun Disfiguring
Definitions
  1. To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
    Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.
    Syn. -- To deface; deform; mar; injure.
Dis*fig"ure noun
Definitions
  1. Disfigurement; deformity. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913