disfigure
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English disfiguren, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈfɪɡə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/
Verb[edit]
disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)
- to change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
- The burnings disfigured his face.
- 1959 November, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification retrospect”, in Trains Illustrated, page 544:
- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
- leper (rare)
Translations[edit]
change appearance to the negative
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