disfiguration

2 definitions found

disfiguration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disfiguration \Dis*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [See Disfigure, and cf.
     Defiguration.]
     The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured;
     defacement; deformity; disfigurement. --Gauden.
     [1913 Webster]

disfiguration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disfiguration
      n 1: an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there
           were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back";
           "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn:
           disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity]
      2: the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;
         "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish
         invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of
         the landscape" [syn: defacement, disfigurement,
         disfiguration]