disfeature

American

[dis-fee-cher] / dɪsˈfi tʃər /

verb (used with object)

disfeatured, disfeaturing

to mar the features of; disfigure.

disfeature British

/ dɪsˈfiːtʃə /

verb

(tr) to mar the features or appearance of; deface

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Other Word Forms

disfeaturement

noun

Etymology

Origin of disfeature

First recorded in 1650–60; dis- ¹ + feature

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disfeature disfeatured

In the open air, clad as when alive, he lay extended in seeming sleep, with no touch of disfeature upon his brow,—as noble an image of reposing strength as ever was seen upon earth.

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

When the druggist's wife saw this, she said to her, "O my lady Miriam what aileth thee that I see thy case changed and thy face grown pale and show disfeatured?"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Denuded and disfeatured within and bristling without with bricklayers' ladders, the place was yet extraordinarily impressive and interesting.

From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph

Denuded and disfeatured within, and bristling without with brick- layers' ladders, the place was yet extraordinarily im- pressive and interesting.

From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry

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