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disfigure [dɪs'fɪgə(r)](person, statue etc) défigurer; (landscape) gâter, enlaidir;∎ a disfiguring disease une maladie qui défigure -
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[dis'fiɡə, ]( American[) -'fiɡjər](to spoil the beauty of: That scar will disfigure her for life.) défigurer -
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British( abbreviation quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization) = organisme crée par le gouvernement et doté de pouvoirs quasi autonomesDespite the promise of a people's government, the country is increasingly run by unaccountable, secretive crony networks, writes Stuart Weir. Tony Blair and his colleagues have been full of promises to abolish the quango state and make "bonfires of quangos". But there are no dead quangos among the slaughtered sheep and livestock in the funeral pyres and trenches that disfigure the British countryside. No, the quango state is alive and well.
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disfigure — index damage, deface, harm, mutilate, spoil (impair) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disfigure — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. desfigurer disfigure, alter, disguise, destroy, from M.L. diffigurare, from L. dis (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + figura figure, from figurare to figure (see FIGURE (Cf. figure)). Related: Disfigured; di … Etymology dictionary
Disfigure — Dis*fig ure (?; 135), v. t. [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}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Disfigure — Dis*fig ure, n. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disfigure — *deface Analogous words: mangle, batter, *maim, mutilate: *deform, distort, contort, warp: *injure, damage, mar, impair Antonyms: adorn Contrasted words: embellish, beautify (see ADORN) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disfigure — [v] make ugly blemish, damage, deface, defile, deform, disfashion, disfeature, distort, hurt, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, scar; concepts 137,246,250 Ant. adorn, beautify, decorate, ornament … New thesaurus
disfigure — ► VERB ▪ spoil the appearance of. DERIVATIVES disfiguration noun disfigurement noun … English terms dictionary
disfigure — [dis fig′yər] vt. disfigured, disfiguring [ME disfiguren < OFr desfigurer < des , DIS + figurer < L figurare, to fashion, form < figura, FIGURE] to hurt the appearance or attractiveness of; deform; deface; mar … English World dictionary
disfigure — [[t]dɪsfɪ̱gə(r), AM gjər[/t]] disfigures, disfiguring, disfigured 1) VERB: usu passive If someone is disfigured, their appearance is spoiled. [be V ed] Many of the wounded had been badly disfigured. Derived words: disfigured ADJ GRADED She tried… … English dictionary
disfigure — UK [dɪsˈfɪɡə(r)] / US [dɪsˈfɪɡjər] verb [transitive] Word forms disfigure : present tense I/you/we/they disfigure he/she/it disfigures present participle disfiguring past tense disfigured past participle disfigured to spoil the appearance of… … English dictionary
disfigure — verb junkyards disfigure the landscape Syn: mar, spoil, deface, scar, blemish, uglify; damage, injure, impair, blight, mutilate, deform, maim, ruin; vandalize Ant: adorn … Thesaurus of popular words