English noun: disfigurement | |||
1. | disfigurement (attribute) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | ||
Samples | There were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back. Suffering from facial disfiguration. | ||
Synonyms | deformity, disfiguration | ||
Broader (hypernym) | appearance, visual aspect | ||
2. | disfigurement (act) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | ||
Samples | The defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion. He objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape. | ||
Synonyms | defacement, disfiguration | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage, harm, hurt, scathe | ||