"disfigure" meaning in English

See disfigure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈfɪɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disfigure.wav Forms: disfigures [present, singular, third-person], disfiguring [participle, present], disfigured [participle, past], disfigured [past]
Etymology: From Middle English disfiguren, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|disfiguren}} Middle English disfiguren, {{der|en|xno|desfigurer}} Anglo-Norman desfigurer Head templates: {{en-verb}} disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)
  1. to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it. Synonyms: leper [rare] Translations (to damage something's appearance or functionality): начудациц (načudacyc) (Carpathian Rusyn), очудациц (očudacyc) (Carpathian Rusyn), скалїчиц ше (skaljičyc še) (Carpathian Rusyn), чудациц (čudacyc) (Carpathian Rusyn), desfigurar (Catalan), 變醜 (Chinese Mandarin), 变丑 (biànchǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), vansire (Danish), skamfere (Danish), каргаш (kargaš) (Eastern Mari), misprýða (Faroese), skemma (Faroese), avskepla (Faroese), løsta (Faroese), meiðsla (Faroese), lýta (Faroese), spilla (Faroese), turmella (Finnish), runnella (Finnish), défigurer (French), entstellen (German), verunstalten (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawardjan) (Gothic), muglia (Ingrian), ainimhigh (Irish), máchailigh (Irish), 醜くする (minikuku suru) (alt: みにくくする) (Japanese), dēturpō (Latin), изобличи (izobliči) (Macedonian), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), oszpecać [imperfective] (Polish), oszpecić [perfective] (Polish), zniekształcać [imperfective] (Polish), zniekształcić [perfective] (Polish), desfigurar (Portuguese), уро́довать (uródovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), изуро́довать (izuródovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), desfigurar (Spanish), vanställa (Swedish), despigurahin (Tagalog), papangitin (Tagalog), hagru (Welsh)

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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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          "roman": "uródovatʹ",
          "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànchǒu",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "变丑"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "vansire"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "skamfere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "misprýða"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "skemma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "avskepla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "løsta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "meiðsla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "lýta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "spilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "turmella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "runnella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "défigurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "entstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "verunstalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "frawardjan",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "muglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "ainimhigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "máchailigh"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みにくくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minikuku suru",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "醜くする"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "dēturpō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izobliči",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "изобличи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "kargaš",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "каргаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bozmak",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "بوزمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszpecać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszpecić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniekształcać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniekształcić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "desfigurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uródovatʹ",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уро́довать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izuródovatʹ",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "изуро́довать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "desfigurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "vanställa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "despigurahin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "papangitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to damage something's appearance or functionality",
      "word": "hagru"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disfigure"
}

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