Disfigurement Definition & Meaning

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Disfigurement

Disfigurement Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disfigurement? [n] the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" [n] an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disfigurement: defacement \| deformity \| disfiguration \| disfiguration Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disfigurement: birthmark \| blackhead \| bleb \| blemish \| blister \| bowlegs \| bulla \| cacophony \| camelback \| check \| cicatrix \| cleft palate \| clubfoot \| clumsiness \| comedo \| crack \| crater \| craze \| crookback \| defacement \| defect \| deformation \| deformity \| disfiguration \| distortion \| dysphemism \| fault \| flatfoot \| flaw \| freakishness \| freckle \| gracelessness \| harelip \| hemangioma \| hickey \| homeliness \| humpback \| hunchback \| ill-favoredness \| inelegance \| keloid \| kink \| knock-knee \| kyphosis \| lentigo \| lordosis \| malconformation \| malformation \| milium \| misproportion \| misshape \| mole \| monstrosity \| mutilation \| needle scar \| nevus \| pimple \| pit \| plainness \| pock \| pockmark \| port-wine mark \| port-wine stain \| pustule \| rift \| scab \| scar \| scratch \| sebaceous cyst \| shapelessness \| splayfoot \| split \| strawberry mark \| sty \| swayback \| talipes \| teratology \| torticollis \| track \| truncation \| twist \| uglification \| uglifying \| ugliness \| unaestheticness \| unattractiveness \| unbeautifulness \| uncomeliness \| ungainliness \| ungracefulness \| unhandsomeness \| unloveliness \| unpleasingness \| unprettiness \| unshapeliness \| unsightliness \| valgus \| verruca \| vesicle \| wale \| warp \| wart \| weal \| welt \| wen \| whitehead \| wryneck See Also \| appearance \| damage \| harm \| hurt \| scathe \| visual aspect Disfigurement In Webster's Dictionary \Disfig"urement\, n. 1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. --Milton. 2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. --Hume.

Disfigurement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disfigurement?

[n] the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
[n] an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disfigurement: defacement | deformity | disfiguration | disfiguration

Disfigurement In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*fig"ure*ment\, n.
1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured;
   deformity. --Milton.

2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

         Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement
         rather than any embellishment of discourse. --Hume.

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