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Disfigurement Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Disfigurement has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen

"there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"

"suffering from facial disfiguration"

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"

3

The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured

Example Sentences
"there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back" noun
"suffering from facial disfiguration" noun
"the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion" noun
"he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
appearance damage
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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