disfeaturev.
/dɪsˈfiːtjʊə/ transitive. To mar the features of; to disfigure, deface.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)]
loathly?c1225
defacec1374
disfigurec1374
emblemishc1384
defoula1387
unhighta1387
disray1431
deform?c1450
foul?c1450
deflower1486
defeata1492
unbeauty1495
deflourisha1513
disform?1520
ungarnish1530
disfashiona1535
disfavour1535
disgrace1549
unbeautify1570
uglify1576
disbeautify1577
dishonest1581
disshape1583
disornament1593
disadorn1598
undeck1598
disvisage1603
unfair1609
untrim1609
debellish1610
disfair1628
discomplexion1640
devenustate1653
disfeature1659
monkeyfy1707
ugly1740
defeature1792
dedecorate1804
scarecrow1853
nastify1873
1659 Lady Alimony ii. ii. sig. B4 For fear she should dis-feature the comeliness of her body.
Derivatives
disˈfeatured adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adjective]
disfiguratec1381
disfiguredc1381
disguised1393
defeata1398
defecta1398
deformed?c1450
deflowered1509
disflowered1606
deflourished?1614
misfigured1624
martyrized1635
defaced1776
defeatured1800
disfeatured1871
1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 34 Through the steets they ran with flying hair, Disfeatured in their grief.
1886 F. H. Doyle Reminisc. 275 I should be sorry to hear that it [that country] had been entirely disfeatured.
disˈfeaturement n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun]
disfigurec1386
deformationc1440
defoulinga1450
disfiguring1526
deforming1552
disfiguredness1565
disgrace1581
defiguration1585
defeature1593
disfigurement1637
disfiguration1653
reprobation1774
uglification1820
desightment1828
deform1831
disfeaturement1884
1884 H. S. Holland Good Friday Addr. 77 The horror..of disfeaturement, of defilement, of impotence, to one Who was Himself Life.
disˈfeaturing adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adjective] > disfiguring
deformidable1631
disfiguring1775
disfeaturing1813
disfigurative1823
deforming1870
defacing1885
uglifying1886
1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse iii. ii. 42 The goodly face of nature Hath one disfeaturing stain the less upon it.
1878 J. Todhunter Alcestis 57 The prey of pale disfeaturing death.
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