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disfigurement - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'disfigurement' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disfigurement [ n.]
- Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.
- That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

Meaning of 'disfigurement' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disfigurement [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Example in sentence:
  • he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape;
  • the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
Meaning (2):
- an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
Example in sentence:
  • suffering from facial disfiguration;
  • there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back

Nearby Words:

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