deface

Meaning

  1. To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
  2. To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
  3. To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.

Synonyms

disfigure
damage
B1
blemish
32k
deform
distort
32k
mar
C2
ruin
B1
corrupt
C1
destroy
B1

make ugly

blight
27k
spoil
B2
deflower
taint
23k
impair
degrade
28k
blast
B2
pervert
C1
harm
B1
hit
A1
hurt
A1
jaundice
37k
kill
A1
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lose
A1
mash
C2
misrepresent
murder
A2
mutilate
37k
obliterate
28k
plague
C1
prejudice
C2
profane
29k
pulverise
pulverize
45k
shade
C1
strain
C1
subvert
41k
uglify
undo
C1
use up
vitiate
wreck
B2
do for
shake down

lose a fortune

batter
C2

desfigure

blot out
break
A1
contort
Translations

défigurer
entstellen
schenden
desfigurar
desfigurar
sfigurare
bozmak
dégrader
verunstalten
deturpare
abimer
beschadigen
estropier
abîmer
endommager
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈfeɪs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
defacen
In summary

From Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, disfigure”), from des- (“away from”) (see dis-) + Late Latin facia.

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