disfigure
v.
make ugly, mutilate
Disfigurement
Disfigurement is the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed
medically, as from a
disease,
birth defect, or
wound. Disfigurement, whether caused by a benign or malignant condition, often leads to severe
psychosocial problems such as negative
body image;
depression; difficulties in one's social, sexual, and professional lives; prejudice; and intolerance. This is partly due to how the individual copes with looking 'visibly different', though the extent of the disfigurement rarely correlates with the degree of distress the sufferer feels. An additional factor which affects sufferers of a disfigurement is the reaction they get from other people. Studies have shown that the general population respond to people with a disfigurement with less trust, less respect and often try to avoid making contact or having to look at the disfigurement. Disfigurements affecting visible areas such as the face, arms and hands are thought to be present greater difficulty the coping of sufferers than do other disfigurements.
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disfigure
Verb
1. mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
(synonym) deface, blemish
(hypernym) mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
(hyponym) maul, mangle
(derivation) disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
Disfigure
(v. t.)
To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
(n.)
Disfigurement; deformity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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