disfigure
verb (used with object)
to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface.
are disfiguring
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present progressiveof disfigure.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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My first warning is to advise you not to weep so bitterly; tears are disfiguring.
From At the Sign of the Cat & Racket by Honoré de Balzac
"Boils," I remarked, "are disfiguring, when they come to a head."
From Sylvia's Marriage by Upton Sinclair
