disfigure

tr.v., -ured, -ur·ing, -ures.
To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.

[Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer : des-, dis- + figure, figure (from Latin figūra, shape).]

disfiguration dis·fig'u·ra'tion or dis·fig'ure·ment n.
disfigurer dis·fig'ur·er n.

verb

To alter and spoil the natural form or appearance of: contort, deform, distort, misshape, twist. See beautiful/ugly.

v

Definition: make ugly
Antonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, ornament

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: mar or spoil the appearance of
  Synonyms: deface, blemish

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skæmme, skamfere, deformere

Nederlands (Dutch)
misvormen

Français (French)
v. tr. - défigurer, déparer

Deutsch (German)
v. - entstellen, verunstalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραμορφώνω (σωματικά)

Italiano (Italian)
sfigurare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desfigurar

Русский (Russian)
обезображивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desfigurar, afear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vanställa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
损毁...的外形, 使大为减色, 使难看

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 損毀...的外形, 使大為減色, 使難看

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 가치를 훼손시키다, ~의 겉모습을 훼손하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 傷付ける, 美を損なう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشوه مظهر شئ أو شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השחית היופי, כיער‬

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