disfigure

[US]/dɪsˈfɪɡə(r)/
[UK]/dɪsˈfɪɡjər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. at ødelægge udseendet; beskadige formen; reducere skønheden eller tiltrækningen betydeligt
Word Forms
Present Participledisfiguring
Third Person Singulardisfigures
Past Participledisfigured
Past Tensedisfigured
Pluraldisfigures

Phrases & Collocations

severely disfigure

alvorligt misforme

disfigurement surgery

misformningsoperation

facial disfigurement

ansigtsmisdannelse

permanent disfigurement

permanent misdannelse

disfigured appearance

misformet udseende

Example Sentences

litter disfigures the countryside.

Affald ødelægger landskabet.

disfigure one's face by a deep cut

at gøre ens ansigt grimt med et dybt snit

a carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.

et tæppe, der er misfarvet af dybtliggende snavs.

a copy disfigured by numerous corrections

en kopi, der er misformet af adskillige rettelser

He was badly disfigured by the accident.

Han blev slemt misformet af ulykken.

He was disfigured for life by the burns he received in the accident.

Han blev for altid misformet af forbrændingerne, han fik i ulykken.

32 cases healed with residual superficial scar, 3 cases with partial necrotic disfigure of the auricle and 16 cases with ear chondritis;

32 tilfælde helbredt med resterende overfladisk arv, 3 tilfælde med delvis nekrotisk misdannelse af øregang og 16 tilfælde med ørebruskbetændelse;

Real-world Examples

Three days later he was executed and his body was eventually disfigured and hung upside down in Milan.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

NTDs have blinded, disabled, disfigured and killed their victims for centuries.

Source: VOA Daily Standard February 2020 Collection

It looks thinner. But it looks disfigured. The fat is very disfigured.

Source: English Advanced Speaking Oral Workshop Argument Text Original Recording (British Accent)

Many of those who survived it were left marked, disfigured, even blind.

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

Mohsen was badly injured, with his left arm mangled and his face disfigured.

Source: Time

The very hair that disfigured his lip showed that he was reverting to some savage type.

Source: The machine has stopped operating.

The disdain in their discourse would always disfigure the Negroes.

Source: Pan Pan

Unfortunately, we also have a " disfigured is bad" stereotype.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) August 2017 Compilation

Before the surgery, he is a handsome boy, but now, in people's eyes, he disfigures himself.

Source: Score-boosting Tool · 20 Sample Essays for TEM-4 Writing

My right arm was tolerably restored; disfigured, but fairly serviceable.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

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