disfiguration

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English disfigure

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English disfiguration

From disfigure + -ation.

Noun

disfiguration (countable and uncountable, plural disfigurations)

1. The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.

   The disfiguration of the statue by vandals resulted in a public outcry.

Synonyms

• defacement
• deformity
• disfigurement

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: تَشَوُّه m (tašawwuh)
• Catalan: desfiguració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毀容 / 毁容 (zh) (huǐróng)

• Dutch: misvorming (nl) f, verminking (nl) f
• French: défiguration (fr) f
• Galician: desfiguración (gl) f
• Persian: مَسْخ (fa)
• Polish: zniekształcenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: desfiguração f
• Serbo-Croatian: unakaženost (sh) f
• Slovene: iznakaženje n
• Spanish: desfiguración (es) f

References

• “disfiguration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “disfiguration”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.