disfigurement

disfigurement
n
1. defacement, deformation, distortion, disfeaturement, impairment, injury, uglifica-tion; vandalism, destruction, damage.
2. ugliness, unsightliness, unattractiveness; hideousness, horribleness, horridness, frightfulness, repulsiveness.
3. blemish, blotch, stain, spot, blot, smudge; defect, flaw, fault, imperfection; eyesore, fright, mess, monstrosity; deformity, malformation, mutilation; scar, pit, pockmark, Med. cicatrix, (both usu. resulting from drug abuse) Sl. track, Sl. crater; birthmark, mole, port-wine stain or mark, Med. naevus.

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