Definition of Disfigurement

1. Noun. An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen. "Suffering from facial disfiguration"

Exact synonyms: Deformity, Disfiguration
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Derivative terms: Deformed, Disfigure, Disfigure

2. Noun. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something. "He objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
Exact synonyms: Defacement, Disfiguration
Generic synonyms: Damage, Harm, Hurt, Scathe
Derivative terms: Deface, Disfigure

Definition of Disfigurement

1. n. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.

Definition of Disfigurement

1. Noun. The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfiguration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disfigurement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfigurement

disfeatured
disfeatures
disfeaturing
disfellowshiped
disfellowshiping
disfellowshipment
disfellowshipments
disfellowshipped
disfellowshipping
disfellowships
disfiguration
disfigurations
disfigure
disfigured
disfigurement (current term)
disfigurements
disfigurer
disfigurers
disfigures
disfiguring
disfiguringly
disfix
disflesh
disfleshed
disfleshes
disfleshing
disfluencies
disfluency
disforest

Literary usage of Disfigurement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the ...by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1922)
"disfigurement, deformity and loss of functions.—The principle is well settled that an injured person may recover for disfigurement,77 deformity,78 or loss ..."

2. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1920)
"In case of an injury resulting in serious facial or head disfigurement the- Commission may in its discretion, make such award or compensation as it may deem ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Damages for Personal Injuries Embracing a by Archibald Robinson Watson (1901)
"Mental Suffering for disfigurement of Person. —According to the doctrine of a large number of cases, there may be a recovery, in actions for personal ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... face was so scarred that Jogues applied to him the words of Isaías (liii, 2) prophesying the disfigurement of Christ. He survived the fresh tortures ..."

5. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1880)
"... and for the Prevention of the disfigurement of Towns and Cities ? ... to the second part of the question, to prevent the disfigurement of our towns)? 2. ..."

6. The Nineteenth Century (1890)
"THE THREATENED disfigurement OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY. I VENTURED in a former number of this ... disfigurement ..."

7. Employers' Liability, Workmen's Compensation and Liability Insurance: The by Jeremiah Frederick Connor (1916)
"Injuries resulting in disfigurement. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department, in the case of Shinnick vs. Clover Farm Co., 169 App. ..."

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