disfigure
verb (used with object)
to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface.
disfigured
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past participleof disfigure.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disfigure.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disfigureverb (used with object)to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface.
Example Sentences
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Tom Rhys Harries plays a brutally disfigured actor who undergoes an experimental treatment to restore his face in director James Watkins’s enjoyably grotesque genre exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
He’s experienced plenty of hard knocks since being disfigured in battle by his power-hungry brother, via Vhagar’s dragon fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ukrainian politician Viktor Yushchenko, campaigning against a Russian-backed candidate for the presidency, was disfigured by dioxin in 2004.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
They worry about being disfigured or disabled; they fear becoming pariahs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Two liveries Sam noticed, one marked by the Red Eye, the other by a Moon disfigured with a ghastly face of death; but he did not stop to look more closely.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
