disfigured
Things that are disfigured don't look the same way they used to — they're damaged or spoiled in some way. A disfigured landscape might be one that's had all its trees cut down to make way for a new development.
You might describe the town where you grew up as disfigured if dozens of tall buildings had been constructed since the last time you visited. People can also be described this way, especially when an accident leaves scars or otherwise damages the way they look. Disfigured comes from the prefix dis-, which means "not, un-, or away," and figured, from the Latin figura, "shape, form, or figure."
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having a spoiled appearance“a disfigured face”“strip mining left a disfigured landscape”synonyms:uglydispleasing to the senses
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Vocabulary lists containing disfigured
This vocabulary list features words with the root fig, meaning "shape."
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