Disfigure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.]
Etymology: [OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]
To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.
Syn. -- To deface; deform; mar; injure.
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Disfigure, n.
Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists disfigure only as an antonym, under adorn.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given