disfigure
verb /dɪsˈfɪɡə(r)/
/dɪsˈfɪɡjər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disfigure | /dɪsˈfɪɡə(r)/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjər/ |
| he / she / it disfigures | /dɪsˈfɪɡəz/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərz/ |
| past simple disfigured | /dɪsˈfɪɡəd/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| past participle disfigured | /dɪsˈfɪɡəd/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| -ing form disfiguring | /dɪsˈfɪɡərɪŋ/ /dɪsˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/ |
- disfigure somebody/something to damage the appearance of a person, thing or place
- Her face was disfigured by a long red scar.
- An ugly power station disfigures the landscape.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- grossly
- hideously
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desfigurer, based on Latin figura ‘figure’.