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DISFIGURATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does disfiguration mean?

• DISFIGURATION (noun)
The noun DISFIGURATION has 2 senses:

1. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
2. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something

Familiarity information: DISFIGURATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISFIGURATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

disfiguration; disfigurement; deformity

Context examples:

there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back / suffering from facial disfiguration

Hypernyms ("disfiguration" is a kind of...):

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

defacement; disfiguration; disfigurement

Context examples:

the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion / he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape

Hypernyms ("disfiguration" is a kind of...):

damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)

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