disfigure

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /dɪsˈfɪɡə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/

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Verb

Plain form disfigure

Third-person singular disfigures

Past tense disfigured

Past participle disfigured

Present participle disfiguring

1. If you disfigure a person, you change their spoil their appearance.

   The burnings disfigured his face.

   Concentrated acid is capable of disfiguring a person's skin, please handle it with caution.