Disfigurement - English meaning

noun

A small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.

Usage examples:

The girl's hands were without a blemish

verb

Spoil the appearance or quality of (something).

Usage examples:

His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy

noun

A mark or fault that spoils the appearance of someone or something

Usage examples:

Makeup can cover up your skin blemishes., only one blemish spoiled her school record.

noun

A large irregular patch or unsightly mark on the skin or another surface.

Usage examples:

Red blotches on her face

verb

Cover with blotches.

Usage examples:

Her face was blotched and swollen with crying

noun

An unwanted mark on a surface that is different from the surrounding area

Usage examples:

There were red blotches on her face and neck.

noun

Physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.

Usage examples:

Bombing caused extensive damage to the town

verb

Inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.

Usage examples:

The car was badly damaged in the accident

verb

To harm or spoil something

Usage examples:

Many buildings were badly damaged by the earthquake., news reports damaged the senator’s reputation…

adjective

Causing physical damage.

Usage examples:

New cars are less damaging to the environment

verb

Inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.

Usage examples:

The car was badly damaged in the accident

adjective

Causing harm

Usage examples:

Many chemicals have a damaging effect on the environment., these allegations are very damaging.

noun

The action or process of spoiling the surface or appearance of something.

Usage examples:

The bank strongly objects to the mutilation or defacement of bank notes

noun

A shortcoming, imperfection, or lack.

Usage examples:

Genetic defects

verb

Abandon one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one.

Usage examples:

He defected to the soviet union after the war

noun

Something that is lacking or that is not exactly right in someone or something

Usage examples:

The cars have a defect in the electrical system that may cause them to stall., i replaced the defec…

noun

A deformed part, especially of the body; a malformation.

Usage examples:

Deformities of the hands or feet

noun

A part of the body that has not developed in the usual way or with the normal shape

Usage examples:

[ c ] she was born with a deformity of the spine.

noun

The process of becoming discoloured, or the state of being discoloured.

Usage examples:

Teeth with amalgam fillings may run the risk of discoloration

noun

A change to the original colour of something that makes it look unpleasant or damaged

Usage examples:

Too much fluoride can cause a harmless discoloration of the teeth., chips, cracks and discoloration…

noun

A mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object.

Usage examples:

A flaw in the glass

verb

Mar, weaken, or invalidate (something).

Usage examples:

The computer game was flawed by poor programming

noun

A squall of wind; a short storm.

Usage examples:

The ship had turned, caught in a windy flaw

noun

A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.

Usage examples:

The imperfections and injustices in our political system

noun

A fault in something that means that it is not perfect

Usage examples:

An imperfection in sth the company manufactures pads used to smooth imperfections in computer chips.

noun

An abnormally formed part of the body.

Usage examples:

The drug may cause malformations in the developing embryo

noun

The condition of being wrongly formed, or a part of something, such as part of the body, that is wrongly formed

Usage examples:

Exposure to radiation can lead to malformation of the embryo., she was born critically ill with a s…

noun

The action of mutilating or being mutilated.

Usage examples:

A culture which found any mutilation of the body abhorrent

noun

The act of damaging something severely, especially by violently removing a part

Usage examples:

He admitted to the murder and mutilation of 16 young men., she views cosmetic surgery as unwarrante…

noun

A pitted scar or mark on the skin left by a pustule or spot.

Usage examples:

The only possible reason for the thickness of the make-up was the pockmarks underneath

verb

Cover or disfigure with pockmarks.

Usage examples:

The area is pockmarked by gravel pits

noun

A small hollow on the skin caused by a disease

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

noun

A mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed.

Usage examples:

A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek

verb

Mark with a scar or scars.

Usage examples:

He is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face, arms, and legs

verb

Mark with a scar or scars.

Usage examples:

He is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face, arms, and legs

noun

A mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed.

Usage examples:

A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek

noun

A steep high cliff or rock outcrop, especially of limestone.

Usage examples:

High limestone scars bordered the road

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

noun

Waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation.

Usage examples:

Colliery spoil

verb

Deliberately destroy or damage (public or private property).

Usage examples:

Stations have been vandalized beyond recognition

verb

Present participle of vandalize

Usage examples:

When i got back, my car had been vandalized., bored teenagers went around vandalizing phoneboxes.