Disfigure (verb)

To mar or spoil the appearance of (something), especially so as to make it ugly or unattractive.

Origin:

Late 16th century, from french désfigurer, from des- (expressing reversal) + figure.

Examples:

  1. The accident disfigured his face permanently.
  2. Her once beautiful face was disfigured by smallpox.
  3. The statue was disfigured by vandalism.
  4. The fire disfigured the building.
  5. The firework display disfigured the night sky.
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