Disfigurement
[dɪs'fɪgəm(ə)nt]
Definition
(noun.) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; 'there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back'; 'suffering from facial disfiguration'.
Editor: Michel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.
(n.) That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.
Edited by Juanita
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Defacement, injury.
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- By good fortune, too, she was naturally so peculiar in appearance as not to show disfigurement like any other woman. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Can you imagine looking into your glass some morning and seeing a disfigurement--some hideous change that has come to you while you slept? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- That his generosity rose above my disfigurement and my inheritance of shame. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Through all these disfigurements, Margaret recognised John Boucher. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Editor: Nat