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# disfigure

verb (disfigures, disfigured, disfiguring)

«disfigure» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To disfigure is to spoil the way a person or thing looks, so that it is ugly or damaged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a wicked character or a curse disfigures a face or body; in the lessons it can describe a damaged object or building.

### Examples

- The scar disfigured his face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x1)
- A curse disfigured the old witch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x2)
- Graffiti disfigured the wall of the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x3)
- The fire disfigured the old church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disfigure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disfigure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disfigure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disfigure.html) on Mova free.