| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To distort, deface, deform, pervert or contort.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To mutilate, disable, maim or mangle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To spoil, impair, deprave, destroy or ruin.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb disfigure.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (disfigure) | 1. Mar or spoil the appearance of; "The vandals disfigured the statue".[Wordnet]. 2. To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: disfiguring, disfigured, disfigures, disfigurer, disfigurers, disfiguringly and disfiguredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being deformed.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being damaging or scathing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being withering. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being devastating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being crippling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DISFIGURING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISFIGURING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Injuring the form or shape; impairing the beauty of form.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of disfigure. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
