disfigure

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

Translation

vt. estropear la apariencia; dañar la forma de; reducir en gran medida la belleza o atractivo
Word Forms
Gerundiodisfiguring
Tercera persona singulardisfigures
Participio pasadodisfigured
Pasadodisfigured
Pluraldisfigures

Phrases & Collocations

severely disfigure

desfigurar severamente

disfigurement surgery

cirugía para corregir la desfiguración

facial disfigurement

desfiguración facial

permanent disfigurement

desfiguración permanente

disfigured appearance

aspecto desfigurado

Example Sentences

litter disfigures the countryside.

La basura desfigura el campo.

disfigure one's face by a deep cut

desfigurar el rostro con un corte profundo

a carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.

una alfombra desfigurada por la suciedad incrustada.

a copy disfigured by numerous corrections

una copia desfigurada por numerosas correcciones

He was badly disfigured by the accident.

Quedó horriblemente desfigurado por el accidente.

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

Quedó desfigurado de por vida por las quemaduras que sufrió en el accidente.

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

32 casos curados con cicatriz superficial residual, 3 casos con desfiguración parcial necrótica del pabellón auricular y 16 casos con condritis del oído;

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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