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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF. desfigurer, F. d['e]figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See {Figure}, and cf. {Defiguration}.] To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. --Milton.
Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\, noun Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disfigure
verb: mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: {deface}, {blemish}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "disfigure": blemish, blot, check, cicatrize, crack, craze, deface, deform, disproportion, distort, dysphemize, flaw, kink, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell, look something terrible, mar, misshape, mutilate, offend, offend the eye, scab, scar, scarify, split, spoil, truncate, twist, uglify, warp
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