Word Meanings - DISFIGUREMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton. 2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. Hume.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISFIGUREMENT)

• Blemish
• Spot
• blur
• blot
• flaw
• speck
• fault
• imperfection
• stain
• daub
• tarnish
• defacement
• discoloration
• disfigurement
• disgrace
• dishonor
• defect
• Deformity
• Ugliness
• hideousness
• abnormity
• monstrosity
• Scar
• Cicatrix
• blemish
• mark
• seam
• spot
• reproach

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISFIGUREMENT)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Purify
• wash
• cleanse
• absolve
• ornament
• decorate
• emblazon
• signalize
• honor

Related words: (words related to DISFIGUREMENT)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• FAULTINESS
  Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak.
• SPECK
  The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• DEFECTIONIST
  One who advocates or encourages defection.
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• SPECKLED-BILL
  The American white-fronted goose .
• DEFECTUOSITY
  Great imperfection. W. Montagu.
• SPECKLEDNESS
  The quality of being speckled.
• DEFECTIBILITY
  Deficiency; imperfection. Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• EMBLAZONING
  The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• PICK-FAULT
  One who seeks out faults.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• INDEFECTIBLE
  Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.
• SUSTAINABLE
  Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.