disfigure
verb (used with object)
to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface.
has disfigured
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present perfectof disfigure (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He said: "Obviously he himself has disfigured his face. He's very recognisable."
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024
Ignacio Molina, a senior analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid, agrees Brexit has disfigured the image of British politics as “moderate, pragmatic and dependable”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2019
“Writing about my interior life for the Internet has disfigured my relationship to it,” Alana Massey says.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2015
What does it tell us, for instance, about his “obsession with the ways in which slavery has disfigured the lives of both the slaves and their masters?” she asked.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2010
More slowly, more thoughtfully he repeats this last phrase, until Dora, affrighted by the sudden change that has disfigured his face, speaks to him to distract his attention.
From The Haunted Chamber A Novel by Duchess
