Noun: disfiguration dis,fi-g(y)u'rey-shun
- The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
"the disfiguration of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion";
- defacement, disfigurement, mutilation
- An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
"suffering from facial disfiguration";
- disfigurement, deformity
Derived forms: disfigurations
Type of: appearance, damage, harm, hurt, scathe [archaic], visual aspect
Encyclopedia: Disfiguration