Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; blemish; defacement; change of external form for the worse.
- noun Something that disfigures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.
- noun That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The result of
disfiguring ; the state of being disfigured;defacement ;deformity ;disfiguration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
- noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Etymologies
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Examples
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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 Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
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His disfigurement is hidden by his father, the king, and he is tossed into Elantris.
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His disfigurement is hidden by his father, the king, and he is tossed into Elantris.
“Elantris” by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, 2005) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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A disfigurement is severe if a reasonable person viewing the plaintiff's face in its altered state would regard the condition as abhorrently distressing, highly objectionable, shocking or extremely unsightly.
NY Court of Appeals 2008
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In finding that a disfigurement is severe, plaintiff's injury must greatly alter the appearance of the face from its appearance before the accident.
The NY Court of Appeals Considers the Issue of Grave Injury Yet Again 2008
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In finding that a disfigurement is severe, plaintiff's injury must greatly alter the appearance of the face from its appearance before the accident.
Personal Injury 2008
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In finding that a disfigurement is severe, plaintiff's injury must greatly alter the appearance of the face from its appearance before the accident.
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A disfigurement is severe if a reasonable person viewing the plaintiff's face in its altered state would regard the condition as abhorrently distressing, highly objectionable, shocking or extremely unsightly.
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A disfigurement is severe if a reasonable person viewing the plaintiff's face in its altered state would regard the condition as abhorrently distressing, highly objectionable, shocking or extremely unsightly.
Personal Injury 2008
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In finding that a disfigurement is severe, plaintiff's injury must greatly alter the appearance of the face from its appearance before the accident.
NY Court of Appeals 2008
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“Disfigurement” sounds more pejorative, but it is a surgical term and a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.
‘People say, just get surgery, and I’m like: Bruh, this is after surgery’ Fay Bound Alberti 2024
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