DISFIGURATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
   Synonym(s)
   • defacement (what does defacement mean?)
   • disfigurement (what does disfigurement mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
   • he objected to the dam’’s massive disfigurement of the landscape
   Hypernyms(s) disfiguration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • damage (what does damage mean?)
   • harm (what does harm mean?)
   • hurt (what does hurt mean?)
   • scathe (what does scathe mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deface (what does deface mean?)
   • disfigure (what does disfigure mean?)
   • blemish (what does blemish mean?)
   • deface (what does deface mean?)
   • disfigure (what does disfigure mean?)
   • blemish (what does blemish mean?)
   • deface (what does deface mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
   Synonym(s)
   • deformity (what does deformity mean?)
   • disfigurement (what does disfigurement mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect’’s back
   • suffering from facial disfiguration
   Hypernyms(s) disfiguration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • appearance (what does appearance mean?)
   • visual aspect (what does visual aspect mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deface (what does deface mean?)
   • disfigure (what does disfigure mean?)
   • blemish (what does blemish mean?)
   • deface (what does deface mean?)
   • disfigure (what does disfigure mean?)
   • blemish (what does blemish mean?)