disfigure
verb (used with object)
to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface.
was disfiguring
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past progressiveof disfigure.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I didn't want to accept it was the HIV that was disfiguring my face, my neck.
From Reuters ● Jul. 23, 2012
He thought the child was disfiguring his boat; but, to his surprise, he saw that the little fellow's drawing was so capital, he wished he could do as much himself.
From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Mrs. Alfred Gatty
