disfigurement

Noun
Synonyms: disfigurationdeformitydefacement

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen“there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back”“suffering from facial disfiguration”Synonyms: disfigurationdeformity
  2. 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”Synonyms: defacementdisfiguration
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disfigurement \Dis*fig"ure*ment\, n.

1.Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2.That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. [1913 Webster]

Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse.— Hume.[1913 Webster]
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