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US
/dɪsˈfɪɡjɝmɛnt/
]
[ UK /dɪsfˈɪɡəmənt/ ]
[ UK /dɪsfˈɪɡəmənt/ ]
NOUN
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an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
suffering from facial disfiguration -
the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
How To Use disfigurement In A Sentence
- To be sure, our ancestors would have enhanced themselves and their progeny in ways that seemed universally desirable - eliminating fatal maladies, disfigurement, mental incapacities, and so forth.
- Current technologies can help people with serious disfigurements.
- He had surgery to correct a facial disfigurement.
- I suppose I was too young to contemplate dying, but the notion of disfigurement was devastating.
- Two years later we adopted a girl who had a slight facial disfigurement.
- Patients may also feel that their facial disfigurement lessens their sexual desirability or impedes their career advancement.
- Side effects include hair loss and disfigurement.
- Theodore Bernstein 's 1965 tome "The Careful Writer," dedicates two pages to omitting articles, which he called a "disfigurement of the language. An Article of Faith for Marketers: Place No Faith in Articles
- However, he was, aside from his disfigurement, a healthy, lively, sporty, friendly and very bright child.
- It is no longer considered frivolous or vain to want to correct a blemish or facial disfigurement.
