disfigured

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having the appearance spoiled“a disfigured face”“strip mining left a disfigured landscape”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] [OF. desfigurer, F. d['e]figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.] To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. [1913 Webster]

Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. --Milton.

Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure. [1913 Webster]

disfigured \disfigured\ adj. having the appearance spoiled; as, a disfigured face; strip mining left a disfigured landscape. [WordNet 1.5]
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