disfigurement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disfigurement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disfigurement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfigurement n an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" Synonym(s): disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity 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" Synonym(s): defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disfigurement \Disfig"urement\, n. 1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. --Milton. 2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. --Hume.