DISFIGURE


Meaning of DISFIGURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsfɪgə(r), AM -gjər ]

( disfigures, disfiguring, disfigured)

1.

If someone is disfigured , their appearance is spoiled.

Many of the wounded had been badly disfigured.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

• dis‧fig‧ured

She tried not to look at the scarred, disfigured face...

ADJ

2.

To disfigure an object or a place means to spoil its appearance.

Wind turbines are large and noisy and they disfigure the landscape.

VERB : V n

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