disfigurement Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
disfiguration; deformity.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration
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noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
disfiguration; defacement.
- the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
- he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
WordNet
Dis*fig"ure*ment noun
Definitions
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Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton. -
That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. Hume.