Definition
To spoil or damage the appearance or shape of something.
Etymology
From Old French disfigurer, from dis- (opposite of) + figure (shape). The Latin root figura meant 'form' or 'shape,' so defigure literally means to undo or destroy the form.
Kelly Says
Medieval clerics would defigure heretical texts by scratching out passages, creating 'palimpsests' that modern scholars can now read with technology—censorship accidentally preserved history!
Translations
ARالعربية
تشويه
ta-sho-i-yah
CACatalà
desfigur
deh-see-fig-oor
CSČeština
zkreslit
z-kres-lit
DADansk
forvrænge
for-vrayn-geh
DEDeutsch
verunzieren
ver-oo-n-zee-en
ELΕλληνικά
αλλοιώσει
al-loi-o-sei
ESEspañol
desfigurar
deh-see-fee-goo-ar
FAفارسی
بدشکل
bad-she-kal
FISuomi
vääristää
väh-ar-is-taa
FRFrançais
défigurer
deh-fee-goo-reh
HEעברית
לה毀 את פניו
leh-hoo-ee et-peh-nee-vo
HIहिन्दी
रूप बदलना
roop badal-na
HUMagyar
megszomorít
meh-gs-zo-mo-rit
IDBahasa Indonesia
memfigurkan
meh-fig-oor-kan
ITItaliano
deformare
deh-for-mah-reh
KMKM
ប្តូររូប
bt-oo-roh-oop
KO한국어
변형시키다
byeon-hyeong-shi-ki-da
MRMR
रूप बदलणे
roop badal-na
MSBahasa Melayu
memfigurkan
meh-fig-oor-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောင်းပြောင်း
pyawng-pyawng
NLNederlands
verfiguur
ver-fig-oor
NONorsk
forvrenge
for-vrayn-geh
PLPolski
zniekształcić
zh-nee-skh-a-tsh-chits
PTPortuguês
desfigurar
deh-see-fee-goo-ar
RORomână
deforma
deh-for-mah
RUРусский
исказить
iskas-it
SVSvenska
förvrida
for-vree-dah
SWKiswahili
kujua
koo-jee-ah
THไทย
บิดเบือน
bit-beu-en
TLTL
magbago ang anyo
mag-ba-go ang an-yo
TRTürkçe
deforme etmek
deh-for-meh eh-mek
UKУкраїнська
порушувати
po-roo-shu-va-ty
VITiếng Việt
biến dạng
bee-en dang
ZUZU
ukuthwala
oo-koo-th-wa-la