disfigure

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈfɪgə(ɹ)/

Verb

disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)

1. Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.

   The burnings disfigured his face.

Translations

change appearance to the negative

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變醜 (cmn), 变丑 (cmn) (biànchǒu)

• Finnish: turmella (fi), runnella (fi)
• French: défigurer (fr)

• German: entstellen (de), verunstalten (de)
• Japanese: 醜くする (ja) (みにくくする, minikuku suru)
• Portuguese: desfigurar (pt)
• Russian: уродовать (ru) (uródovatʹ)  impf., изуродовать (ru) (izuródovatʹ)  pf.
• Spanish: desfigurar (es)